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Synonyms for extraction
ɪkˈstræk ʃən
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Princeton's WordNet
extraction(noun)
the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means
origin, descent, extraction(noun)
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, beginningextraction(noun)
the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force)
"the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction"
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PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "extraction":
mining, extractive, retrieval, extracting, removal, extract, removing, abstraction, extracted, pull, eject, quarrying, exploitation, drilling
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#228 | line | |
#419 | source | |
#434 | stock | |
#1232 | fall | |
#1323 | blood | |
#1674 | beginning | |
#1955 | root | |
#2518 | origin | |
#2902 | removal | |
#3810 | pull | |
#4161 | mining | |
#5615 | decline | |
#5757 | extract | |
#6451 | removing | |
#8602 | extraction | |
#8995 | drilling | |
#9128 | retrieval | |
#10511 | extracted | |
#11557 | exploitation | |
#12080 | ancestry | |
#13070 | descent | |
#15349 | pedigree | |
#15733 | inception | |
#15790 | lineage | |
#15864 | abstraction | |
#18610 | extracting | |
#27200 | origination | |
#27307 | eject | |
#38177 | declination | |
#45796 | parentage | |
#49521 | quarrying | |
#55809 | bloodline | |
#58023 | extractive | |
#116269 | downslope | |
#117527 | declension | |
#228340 | filiation | |
#253199 | declivity |
How to use extraction in a sentence?
It's hard to treat oil sands differently (from) coal, because of the similar environmental effects in the extraction, and we decided to treat these fossil fuel products equally.
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.
I estimate the chance that we will go back up on July 1 very small, but we need to research the consequences of less gas extraction.
Not only is the violation of customs laws, but the illegal extraction of these items takes away from the scientific record.
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.
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