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Verb
To remove or take out, especially by effort or force
“Surgical instruments have been designed to effectively extract the tooth from its socket.”
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To drain out or empty something (from a container)
“For this purpose, they would carry two tubes to extract the petrol from the tank of the vehicle.”
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To obtain something from an unwilling person
“The authorities here frequently resort to torture to extract information from suspects while they are in their custody.”
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To provoke or bring about an event or reaction
“When you act in a neutral manner, children soon become aware that they are not able to extract a reaction from you in relation to their poor behavior.”
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To (selectively) take or derive from a source
“In the third volume of the American Agriculturist will be found an interesting article connected with this subject, and from which we might extract much useful information.”
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To excerpt a section from a document or text
“Special tools can be used to extract the necessary facts from the text of the article.”
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To form a conclusion, understanding or idea from something
“When one attempts to extract something meaningful from this passage, one faces an uphill struggle, yet this is by no means an isolated example of such willful obfuscation and hyperbole.”
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To obtain a substance or resource by a mechanical or chemical process
“After the reaction has been allowed to proceed for a considerable time, it may be possible to extract the plutonium by chemical methods.”
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To obtain liquid or juice by squeezing
“The pressure from the rollers is sufficient to extract out the juices and leave the canes dry.”
Noun
Plural for a short passage taken from a text, film, music, or other creative work
“Here is a short extract from one of the letters I received from Dan today.”
Noun
Plural for a preparation containing the active ingredient of a substance in concentrated form
“Among the medicines for sale was an extract of lavender that was prescribed for flatulence.”
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