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Extractive

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Word	Definition
extractionnoun	The act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
extractverb	Something that is extracted or drawn out.
pullverb	(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
removingnoun	removal
removalnoun	The process of removing or the fact of being removed.
retrievalnoun	The act of retrieving or something retrieved.
retrievingnoun	An act of retrieval.
retrieveverb	(transitive) To regain or get back something.
ejectverb	(transitive) To throw out or remove forcefully.
abstractionnoun	The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics; the act of separating said qualities from the object or ideas.
quarryingnoun	The extraction of material from a quarry.
minernoun	A person who works in a mine.
miningnoun	The activity of removing valuable resources (often minerals) from the earth.
mineralnoun	(geology) Any naturally occurring material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties; especially, an inorganic one.
extractingverb	(transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
extirpatory	extirpative; that uproots
outdrawnnoun	drawn out
expellantnoun	(medicine) A substance that expels undesirable material (typically worms) from the body
decompressive	That decompresses.
rippingverb	The action of one who rips (in any sense).