extraction

US /ɪkˈstræk.ʃən/

UK /ɪkˈstræk.ʃən/

1.

the action of extracting something, especially using effort or force.

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mineral extraction

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removal uprooting withdrawal unsheathing production freeing release exaction exacting wresting coercion extortion squeezing expressing separation pressing obtaining distillation

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insertion

2.

the ethnic origin of someone's family.

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a worker of Polish extraction

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descent ancestry parentage ancestors family lineage line race origin derivation birth genealogy heredity succession stock pedigree blood bloodline strain roots origins forefathers antecedents filiation

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extract