extraction

extraction

Action de retirer quelque chose d’un endroit ou d’une substance.

En anglais simple : The process of taking something out of a place or substance.

• The dentist recommended a tooth extraction.
• Oil extraction provides jobs in this region.
• The extraction of useful data took several hours.

Comment l'utiliser : extraction of something from something (The extraction of oil from these rocks is expensive.)

Synonymes : removal

Contraires : insertion

Expressions courantes : tooth extraction, oil extraction, extraction of something

extraction dentaire

Action de retirer une dent de la bouche d’une personne.

En anglais simple : The act of taking a tooth out of someone’s mouth.

• The dentist recommended an extraction.
• My gum hurt after the tooth extraction.
• Will I need an extraction for this broken tooth?

Synonymes : tooth removal

Expressions courantes : tooth extraction, dental extraction, extraction site

exfiltration, évacuation

Action de retirer quelqu’un d’un lieu dangereux pour l’emmener dans un endroit sûr.

En anglais simple : The act of taking someone away from a dangerous place to somewhere safe.

• The team arranged an extraction.
• A helicopter carried out the soldiers’ extraction.
• Bad weather delayed our extraction from the island.

Comment l'utiliser : extraction from somewhere (Their extraction from the war zone took two hours.)

Synonymes : evacuation

Expressions courantes : emergency extraction, extraction team, extraction point

origine, ascendance

Pays ou peuple dont la famille d’une personne est originaire.

En anglais simple : The country or people that someone’s family originally comes from.

• He is of French extraction.
• Several families of Chinese extraction live here.
• The writer was of mixed European extraction.

Comment l'utiliser : of + nationality + extraction (Her grandparents were of Italian extraction.)

Synonymes : descent, ancestry, origin

Expressions courantes : of French extraction, of Chinese extraction, of Irish extraction

extrait

Substance retirée d’une plante, d’un animal ou d’une autre source.

En anglais simple : Something taken out of a plant, an animal, or another source.

• The extraction contained oil from the leaves.
• They examined the extraction under a microscope.
• Each extraction was stored in a small glass bottle.

Synonymes : extract

Expressions courantes : plant extraction, chemical extraction