Definition of "extractions" [extractions]

• Plural form of extraction. (noun)

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• "May I remind ourselves as well as our visitor of, this fact, that in the case of both countries we are in a sense the melting-pot, and in that melting-pot there are various ingredients, but in the northern part of this hemisphere, I am glad to think that-so far at least as to the admixture, extractions from the British Isles are of a preponderating quality."
• "Before the Games begin, the medical team will practise what Cohen calls "extractions" -- the art of removing a patient's helmet after an accident without damaging the neck or spine."
• "As home values plunged, equity "extractions" - cash generated by refinancing, home equity loans or outright sales - fell by 34 percent last year in Sacramento, according to MDA DataQuick."