EXTRACTION

n. 1 removal, extrication, withdrawal, uprooting, eradication, extirpation, deracination The extraction of my tooth was completely painless 2 extract, concentrate, distillate, essence, distillation, quintessence, concentration, decoction, separation, derivation This syrup is an extraction from coffee beans 3 origin, birth, ancestry, descent, lineage, derivation, blood, parentage, breed, strain, race, stock, pedigree The family is of Scandinavian extraction