carve out

English Thesaurus

1. remove from a larger whole (verb.change)

hypernym	:	remove, take, take away, withdraw,
definition	:	remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract (verb.change)

2. establish or create through painstaking effort (verb.creation)

hypernym	:	create,
definition	:	bring into existence (verb.creation)