Synonyms for extraction
ɪkˈstræk ʃənex·trac·tion

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1. extractionnoun

   Synonyms:
   lineage, descent

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1. extractionnoun

   the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means

   Synonyms:
   origin, descent

2. origin, descent, extractionnoun

   properties attributable to your ancestry

   "he comes from good origins"

   Synonyms:
   fall, rootage, parentage, declination, lineage, downslope, root, declension, stock, ancestry, stemma, descent, blood, decline, declivity, origin, inception, line of descent, line, blood line, pedigree, source, bloodline, origination, filiation, beginning

3. extractionnoun

   the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force)

   "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction"

   Synonyms:
   origin, descent

Matched Categories

1. • Lineage
   • Natural Process
   • Removal

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1. extractionnoun

   Synonyms:
   drawing out

2. extractionnoun

   Synonyms:
   lineage, descent, birth, origin, genealogy, parentage

3. extractionnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Math.) determination (of a root)

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1. List of paraphrases for "extraction":

   mining, extractive, retrieval, extracting, removal, extract, removing, abstraction, extracted, pull, eject, quarrying, exploitation, drilling

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1. Christina Francis:

   ’Partial birth abortion', while not a medical term, is a clearly understood phrase, used not only in the federal law banning this procedure but also in the Supreme Court case that upheld this law. The medical term for this procedure is intact dilation and extraction.

2. Daniel Glaser:

   When you look at difficulties that we know that they are having with respect to the transport, with respect to the extraction, I think it's fair to say they are no longer able to make money the way they used to be able to, (IS) has cut salaries to its fighters in Raqqa by up to 50 percent.

3. Osprey Orielle Lake:

   The climate crisis really emerged from interlocking systems of capitalism, resource extraction, racism, patriarchy and colonization, it’s beyond past time to end the tragic cycle of endless economic growth based on sacrificed peoples and sacrificed lands.

4. Toby Norman:

   Getting patient application right is absolutely essential, at Simprints we do three things to get that right. First we don't work with patient medical records, so we never store or hold access to patient data. That's all held by the organizations we work with. Second we never transmit raw fingerprint images, so we actually do the extraction process where we take a fingerprint image and turn it into a template. We do that on the scanner itself, meaning that the fingerprint image never leaves the scanner. Third we use the same level of encryptions that we use in online banking or financial transactions that secure any data that passes between the phone and the server.

5. Directa Plus:

   100 per cent recycled, which can reduce the extraction of new materials from quarries and first-use bitumen.