26984 words

extracted

3 definitions • 4 examples
1
past simple and past participle of
2
to remove or take out something:

Examples:

extract something from something They used to extract iron ore from this site.
be extracted from The oil which is extracted from olives is used for cooking.
The tooth was eventually extracted.
3
to make someone give you something when they do not want to:

Examples:

extract something from someone After much persuasion they managed to extract the information from him.

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