to pry; to prize; to prise
「抉る」 has other readings with different meanings.
to gouge; to hollow out; to bore; to excavate; to scoop out
to dig out; to gouge out; to hollow out
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
to distort; to strain (an interpretation); to stretch (the meaning of a word)