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extraction

[ ik-strak-shuhn ]

noun

  1. an act or instance of extracting:

    the extraction of a molar.

  2. the state or fact of being extracted.
  3. descent or lineage:

    to be of foreign extraction.

  4. something extracted; extract.


extraction

/ ɪ°ìˈ²õ³Ù°ùæ°ìʃə²Ô /

noun

  1. the act of extracting or the condition of being extracted
  2. something extracted; an extract
    1. the act or an instance of extracting a tooth or teeth
    2. a tooth or teeth extracted
  3. origin, descent, lineage, or ancestry

    of German extraction

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôe³æ·³Ù°ù²¹³¦î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
  • ´Çv±ð°ù·±ð³æ·³Ù°ù²¹³¦î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
  • ±è°ù±ðe³æ·³Ù°ù²¹³¦î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of extraction1

1375–1425; late Middle English extraccioun < Late Latin ±ð³æ³Ù°ù²¹³¦³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ±ð³æ³Ù°ù²¹³¦³Ù¾±Å ). See extract, -ion
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The M88 typically has a crew of three: a vehicle commander, a driver and a third soldier to assist in extractions.

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JSO is a UK-based environmental activist group that aims to end fossil fuel extraction and uses direct action to draw attention to its cause.

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To vacuum up the treasured nodules requires industrial extraction by massive excavators.

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At some courthouses, defense lawyers have started asking judges for extraction orders, which give deputies the power to violently drag inmates from their cells.

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Supporters of the two new California monuments see any extraction as a bad trade-off.

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