Synonyms for extraction
ɪkˈstræk ʃən

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. extraction(noun)

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

   Synonyms:
   origin, descent

2. 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, beginning

3. extraction(noun)

   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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. extraction(noun)

   Synonyms:
   lineage, descent

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. extraction(n.)

   Synonyms:
   drawing out

2. extraction(n.)

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

3. extraction(n.)

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

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1. List of paraphrases:

   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. Mark Rutte:

   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.

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. Walter Moran:

   Not only is the violation of customs laws, but the illegal extraction of these items takes away from the scientific record.

4. Swe Ba:

   We have been reducing timber extraction, and now we have decided to stop logging completely, this measure will cover teak and other hardwoods all across the country.

5. Lise Grande:

   At the rate that extraction is going with the limited capacity that exists, it will be up to nine months before the area of Tamim is cleared.

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