jpdb beta

harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross

to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)

to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light