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

IvyCraft interprets document layouts, page structures, and images instead of extracting text alone. — New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026

The exotic premise is developed with relentless seriousness, even severity, extracting deep pathos from the characters’ eerie reckonings. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

Last year, Works petitioned a county court in Tennessee to exhume the body of Randolph’s son from a Nashville cemetery, with the goal of extracting DNA that Works believes might clear Thomas Jefferson’s name. — Andrew Lawler, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2026

China secured supply chain dominance and established rubidium as a strategic resource by extracting high-value elements from its lithium waste. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026

True economic success in 2026 isn’t about extracting the last dollar from a negative-margin middle class. — Katica Roy, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026

Fibr produced the dataset by extracting composition information published on retailers’ product pages. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

That company has a method for extracting lithium from salt water brine, skipping a common refining process typically needed to get the material from hard rock. — Robert Ferris, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026

For example, extracting invoice data is only one part of the accounts payable (AP) process. — Eranda Maldeniya, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026