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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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