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extracted

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/ɛkˈstɹæktɪd/ English

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  1. To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.“to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, or a splinter from the finger”
  2. To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).“to extract an essential oil from a plant”
  3. To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
  4. To select parts of a whole“We need to try to extract the positives from the defeat.”

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