Synonyms of extracting

extracting

verb

present participle of extract

as in pulling

to draw out by force or with effort

extracted a splinter from my hand

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pulling
• prying
• yanking
• plucking
• removing
• uprooting
• tearing (out)
• taking (out)
• wringing
• mining
• rooting (out)
• wresting
• prizing
• withdrawing
• corkscrewing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inserting
• installing
• instilling
• implanting
• stuffing
• jamming
• wedging
• cramming
• ramming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of extracting

The analyst’s value has shifted from extracting data to interrogating what the system surfaces. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Even better, because SM Energy is extracting minerals horizontally 7,500 feet underground, Draco will minimize oil and gas surface activity in that area. — Aaron Harber, Denver Post, 28 July 2026

The researchers’ solution involves three distinct but related and integrable projects, with the first being extracting the magnesium. — New Atlas, 27 July 2026

They’ve been seen, for example, corralling schools of rays, creating waves to push penguins from ice blocks and extracting the livers of white sharks. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 July 2026

While extracting uranium from seawater has long been considered technically feasible, commercial deployment has remained limited due to economic and engineering challenges. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026

In 2016, experts tested the wine's quality by extracting a sample with a Coravin device, which uses a needle to pierce the cork without damaging it. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026

In 2018, Picard and his colleagues released the mitochondrial health index — a molecular measure of mitochondria’s capacity to transform energy, calculated by extracting the organelles from a tissue sample and quantifying their contents. — Rachel Nuwer, Quanta Magazine, 17 July 2026

From Tehran’s perspective, the initial agreement had become a mechanism for extracting concessions. — Sanam Vakil, Time, 16 July 2026