Extracting Synonyms and Antonyms

Take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. selecting
  2. quoting
  3. excerpting
Antonyms:
  1. adding
  2. inserting
Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. obtaining
  2. deducing
  3. gathering
  4. educing
  5. exacting
  6. extorting
  7. evoking
  8. expressing
  9. wringing
  10. deriving
  11. gleaning
  12. withdrawing
  13. squeezing
  14. securing
  15. separating
  16. selecting
  17. eliciting
  18. removing
  19. quoting
  20. exhausting
  21. excerpting
  22. culling
  23. garnering
  24. drawing
  25. concentrating
  26. citing
Antonyms:
  1. inserting
  2. adding
Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. pulling
  2. tearing
  3. extricating
  4. plucking
  5. extorting

Extracting Sentence Examples

  • Extracting the cell phone from its sheath, she dialed Alex.

  • The five remaining death-dealers he brought with him were quickly extracting souls.

  • If in extracting the insect the abdomen be ruptured, serious trouble may ensue from the resulting inflammation.

  • This is obtained by extracting dried grapes with the must of ordinary grapes.

  • Carbon bisulphide is used as a solvent for caoutchouc, for extracting essential oils, as a germicide, and as an insecticide.

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