extraction
Roget category 301
2. Words relating to space› 2.4. Motion
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[Forcible egress.]
Extraction
noun
extraction —
extracting
etc.
v. —
removal,
elimination,
extrication,
eradication,
evolution.
evulsion†,
avulsion† —
wrench —
expression,
squeezing —
extirpation,
extermination —
ejection
etc.
297 —
export
etc.
(egress)
295.
extractor,
corkscrew,
forceps,
pliers.
verb
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.
adjective
extracted
etc.
v..
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