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   extract

   verb

   • 1. remove or take out, especially by effort or force: "the fossils are extracted from the chalk" Similar take outdraw outbring outpull outremovewithdrawpluck outfish outprize outextricatewrench outtear outuprootunsheatheproducefreereleaserare:deracinateOpposite insert
   • ▪ obtain (a substance or resource) from something by a special method: "lead was extracted from the copper" Similar squeeze outexpressseparatepress outobtaindistilOpposite add
   • ▪ obtain (something such as money or information) from someone unwilling to give it: "I won't let you go without trying to extract a promise from you" Similar wrestexactwringscrewsqueezemilkforcecoerceobtain by forceobtain by threat(s)extortblackmail someone forworm something out of someoneinformal:put the bite on someone forarchaic:rack
   • ▪ select (a passage from a text, film, or piece of music) for quotation, performance, or reproduction: "the table is extracted from the report" Similar excerptselectchoosereproducerepeatcopyquoteciteculltakeabstractOpposite insert
   • ▪ derive (an idea) from a body of information: "there are few attempts to extract generalities about the nature of the disciplines" Similar derivedevelopevolvededuceinferconcludegatherelicitobtaingettakegainacquireprocureattaingleanformal:educe
   • 2. calculate (a root of a number): "early computers had an instruction to extract a square root"

   noun

   • 1. a short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music: "an extract from a historical film" Similar excerptpassageabstractcitationselectionquotationcuttingclippingsnippetfragmentpiecerare:analects
   • 2. a preparation containing the active ingredient of a substance in concentrated form: "natural plant extracts" Similar decoctiondistillationdistillateabstractionconcentrateessencejuicesolutiontinctureelixirquintessencerare:decoctureapozem

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin extract- ‘drawn out’, from the verb extrahere, from ex- ‘out’ + trahere ‘draw’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. extractability noun
   • 2. extractable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 16

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   Some common synonyms of extract are educe, elicit, evoke, and extort. While all these words mean "to draw out something hidden, latent, or reserved," extract implies the use of force or pressure in obtaining answers or information.

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   Synonyms for EXTRACTED: pulled, pried, yanked, plucked, removed, uprooted, tore (out), prized; Antonyms of EXTRACTED: inserted, installed, implanted, instilled, stuffed, jammed, crammed, wedged

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