extraction
noun
[ ɪkˈstrakʃ(ə)n ]
• the action of extracting something, especially using effort or force.
• "mineral extraction"
Similar:
removal,
taking out,
drawing out,
pulling out,
extrication,
wrenching out,
tearing out,
uprooting,
withdrawal,
unsheathing,
production,
freeing,
release,
deracination,
exaction,
exacting,
wresting,
coercion,
extortion,
squeezing,
expressing,
separation,
pressing,
obtaining,
distillation,
• the ethnic origin of someone's family.
• "a worker of Polish extraction"
Similar:
descent,
ancestry,
parentage,
ancestors,
family,
lineage,
line,
line of descent,
race,
origin,
derivation,
birth,
genealogy,
heredity,
succession,
stock,
pedigree,
blood,
bloodline,
strain,
roots,
origins,
forefathers,
antecedents,
filiation,
stirps,
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin extractio(n- ), from Latin extrahere ‘draw out’ (see extract).
