Sample sentences for the GRE study word gouge

1. gouge, force out -- (force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes")
2. extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring -- (obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him")
3. rout, gouge -- (make a groove in)

1. dent, ding, gouge, nick -- (an impression in a surface (as made by a blow))
2. gouge -- (and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves)
3. gouge -- (the act of gouging)