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Definition of extractor
: one that extracts; especially : the mechanism in a firearm that dislodges a spent cartridge from the chamber
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Carving north out of Morenci, the first 10.5 miles of highway bisect the Morenci mine, a massive open-pit operation and the largest copper extractor in North America.
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Steinorth’s bill would ban highly combustible cannabis extractors used in concentrated THC production from being used in residential neighborhoods.
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This option is cheaper and less likely to scar you than using a metal extractor.
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Like the plastic tick extractor that Webster had invented and once given to Erickson as a gift, his word became a clever, faintly disturbing, and nearly forgotten tool.
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A dust extractor, while not essential, will help keep the area clean.
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At the K. Mohan & Company Exports Private Limited, the girls have entered a world of machines: massive industrial extractors, laser cutters, a rapid-response protocol that kicks in when a needle tip breaks off.
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And the rate of operative deliveries (Cesareans, use of forceps and vacuum extractors) is over 60 percent in many hospitals.
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First Known Use of extractor
1597
Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of extractor
1: an instrument used in extraction (as of a tooth)
2: an apparatus for extracting substances by means of solvents
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