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to uproot, extirpate (pull [a plant and its roots] out of the ground); to remove, take out (e.g. an organ); to weed out, get rid of, eradicate (e.g. a problem or characteristic); to pull out, take out, whip out (remove something from e.g. a holder, pocket, holster etc.); to drag out, hoist out, lug out (remove someone, with difficulty, from a place)
to extort
extorqueur
noun, masculine
extorter
extorsion
noun, feminine
extortion (the practice of extorting money or other property)
extra
adjective
extra, additional; great, super, famous
extra
noun, masculine/feminine
extra, supplement
extra-atmospheric
extra-fin
adjective
alternative spelling of extrafin
extra-fort
adjective
alternative spelling of extrafort
extra-lucide
adjective
alternative spelling of extralucide
extra-légal
adjective
alternative spelling of extralégal
extraparliamentary
extra-plat
adjective
alternative spelling of extraplat
alternative spelling of extrasensible
extrasensorial
Pre-1990 spelling of extraterrestre.
extra-terrestre
noun, masculine/feminine
Pre-1990 spelling of extraterrestre.
extra-utérin
adjective
extrauterine
extrabudgetary
extracellular
extrachromosomal
non-EC, non-EU
extraconjugal
adjective
extramarital
extracteur
noun, masculine
extractor; extractor fan
extractible
adjective
extractable
extractif
adjective
extractive
extractiforme
adjective
extractiform
extraction
noun, feminine
extraction
to extradite
extradition
noun, feminine
extradition (formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government is handed over to another government for trial or, if the suspect has already been tried and found guilty, to serve his or her sentence)
extradiegetic, out-of-universe
to make an extrados
extrafin
adjective
superfine
extrafort
adjective
superstrong
extragalactic
extract (to draw out); mine
extrait
adjective
extracted
extrait
noun, masculine
an extract; a clip; an excerpt
extrait de compte
noun, masculine
bank statement, account statement
extrajudicial
extrajudicially
extralucide
adjective
clairvoyant
extralégal
adjective
extralegal
extranuclear
extranéité
noun, feminine
extraneity
extraordinary, out of the ordinary
extraordinarily
extraparliamentary
extraplanetary
extraplat
adjective
super-flat
extrapolation
noun, feminine
extrapolation
to extrapolate
extrapolé
adjective
extrapolated
extrapyramidal
extrasensible
adjective
supersensitive
extrasolaire
adjective
extrasolar
extrasystole
noun, masculine
extrasystole
extraterrestrial
extraterrestre
noun, masculine/feminine
extraterrestrial
extraterritorial