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extraction

Main Entry:: ex·trac·tion
Pronunciation:: \ik-ˈstrak-shən\
Function:: noun
Date:: 15th century

1 : the act or process of extracting something 2 : ancestry, origin <a family of French extraction> 3 : something extracted

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