verb

remove or take out, especially by effort or force.

the fossils are extracted from the chalk

take out,draw out,bring out,pull out,remove,withdraw,pluck out,fish out,prize out,extricate,wrench out,tear out,uproot,unsheathe,produce,free,release,deracinate

noun

a short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music.

an extract from a historical film

excerpt,passage,abstract,citation,selection,quotation,cutting,clipping,snippet,fragment,piece,analects