Common in crafting or cooking contexts, where a shape or container is needed.

Crafts and Creativity

'Hollow out' suggests thoroughness, removing all material inside.

Action Intensity

Indicates a slow weakening process, not immediate destruction.

The damage is often hidden or not immediately apparent.

Used to stress the significance and negative consequences of the weakening.

In business, it implies major reductions turning a once-thriving entity into a shell.

Conveys the idea of something being gutted of its most valuable elements.

Shows that the process is undesirable and has harmful outcomes.