Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense.

synonyms: draw out, extract, pull, pull out, pull up, rip out, take out.

Roget 301: extract, draw; take out, draw out, pull out, tear out, pluck out, pick out, get out; wring from, wrench; extort; root up, weed up, grub up, rake up, root out, weed out, grub out, rake out; eradicate; pull up by the roots, pluck up by the roots; averruncate^†; unroot^†; uproot, pull up, extirpate, dredge.    remove; educe, elicit; evolve, extricate; eliminate etc. (eject) 297; eviscerate etc. 297.    express, squeeze out, press out.    ... show more

Dutch: zich terugtrekken, optrekken