Antonyms for Extraction
ɪkˈstræk ʃənex·trac·tion

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1. extractionnoun

   Synonyms:
   lineage, descent

Matched Categories

1. • Lineage
   • Natural Process
   • Removal

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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, extraction, 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

How to use Extraction in a sentence?

1. Vikas Swarup:

   Our partnership is not focused on an exploitative or extraction point of view, but is one that focuses on Africa's needs and India's strengths.

2. Directa Plus:

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

3. 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.

4. Daniel Ang:

   Oil-exporting countries such as Malaysia may have diminished government revenues from falling energy prices and this could exacerbate their debt issues, if prices do continue to fall and persist for a long time ... oil rig developments could be re-evaluated if the cost for extraction continues to exceed the cost per barrel.

5. Gavin Newsom:

   These are necessary steps to strengthen oversight of oil and gas extraction as we phase out our dependence on fossil fuels and focus on clean energy sources.

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