Synonyms for Extraction
ɪkˈstræk ʃənex·trac·tion

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1. extractionnoun

   Synonyms:
   lineage, descent

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

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

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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How to use Extraction in a sentence?

1. Central Michigan:

   We have examined our email data extraction procedures to ensure that this doesn't happen again, we feel very badly that you received this incorrect communication, and we hope you will still consider attending Oakland University.

2. Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Hernandez:

   Camimpeg's services are broad, from exploitation and drilling of oil wells and distribution of their product to the treatment of raw materials, preparation of the area to be exploited, support, logistics, extraction of minerals, transport of valuables.

3. Martin Cheek:

   We very much appreciated the support Leo gave us in campaigning to protect Ebo last year so it seemed fitting to honour him in this way, naming a species unique only to Ebo Forest, after him, had the logging concession gone ahead, we would have likely lost this species to timber extraction and slash and burn agriculture that usually follows logging concessions.

4. 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.

5. Kevin Book:

   If indeed he is criticizing the extraction process itself, it does seem a step more negative.