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Extortion
- noun - an exorbitant charge
- the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)
- unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority); "the extortion by dishonest officials of fees for performing their sworn duty"
Extracted
- verb - calculate the root of a number
- deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
- extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound"
- get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions"
- obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it"
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"
- separate (a metal) from an ore
- take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
Extractor
- noun - a mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejector
- an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension
- an instrument for extracting tight-fitting components
Extradite
- verb - hand over to the authorities of another country; "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there"
Extrapose
- unknown - to move word or phrase to the end of a sentence for emphasis
Extravert
- adjective - (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings
- being concerned with the social and physical environment
Extremely
- adverb - to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect; "highly successful"; "He spoke highly of her"; "does not think highly of his writing"; "extremely interesting"
- to an extreme degree; "extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant"
Extremism
- noun - any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies
Extremist
- adjective - (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm; "extremist political views"; "radical opinions on education"; "an ultra conservative"
- a person who holds extreme views