extraction
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Definitions
                    Noun
                    
                the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means
                
                    Noun
                    
                properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"
                
                    Noun
                    
            the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force); "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction"
                More General Terms
                    action
                    activity
                    ancestry
                    derivation
                    filiation
                    lineage
                    natural action
                    natural process
                    remotion
                    removal