extraction
/ɪkˈstɹækʃən/ noun C1- The act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
- Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.
- A person's origin or ancestry.
- The act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.
- The removal of a tooth from its socket.
- The extraction yield of a brewed coffee.
Plural extractions
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“No, I remember his saying that she was of German extraction, and I have seen her portrait.
His remaining behind and his French name were really the only two points which could suggest suspicion; but, as a matter of fact, I did not begin work until he had gone, and his people are of Huguenot extraction, but as English in sympathy and tradition as you and I are.
More than once she thought of revealing all to her grandmother, and she would not have hesitated a moment, if Maximilian Morrel had been named Albert de Morcerf or Raoul de Château-Renaud; but Morrel was of plebeian extraction, and Valentine knew how the haughty Marquise de Saint-Méran despised all who were not noble.
My primary focus remains the extraction and analysis of deep ice cores, which are essentially frozen archives of atmospheric history.
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