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extraction

Roget category 301

2. Words relating to space
2.4. Motion
›› 2.4.4. Motion with reference to direction

#301. [Forcible egress.] Extraction

noun

extractionextracting etc. v. — removal, elimination, extrication, eradication, evolution.
evulsion, avulsion wrenchexpression, squeezingextirpation, exterminationejection etc. 297export etc. (egress) 295.
extractor, corkscrew, forceps, pliers.

verb

extract, drawtake out, draw out, pull out, tear out, pluck out, pick out, get outwring from, wrenchextortroot up, weed up, grub up, rake up, root out, weed out, grub out, rake outeradicatepull up by the roots, pluck up by the rootsaverruncateunrootuproot, pull up, extirpate, dredge.
removeeduce, elicitevolve, extricateeliminate etc. (eject) 297eviscerate etc. 297.
express, squeeze out, press out.

adjective

extracted etc. v..

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