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In the process, we discovered charcoal that won't light your grill, but will gouge your rock hammer!

From Scientific American • Jan. 5, 2019

The planned cosmic crack-up will gouge out a football-field-size crater and may be visible from the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unlike the Vikings, though, which were able to paw just a few feeble inches into the Martian topsoil, the new ship will gouge out a trench nearly 3 ft. deep.

From Time Magazine Archive

More dramatic, a rock-abrasion tool equipped with diamond-tipped grinding wheels will gouge samples open.

From Time Magazine Archive