extractor
noun
a person or thing that extracts.
extractors
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pluralof extractor.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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From high-pressure extractors to high-quality filters, there are more tools than ever before to protect the lungs of people working with wood.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
Then there are what I would call "the hyper extractors."
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2024
After witnessing the destruction wrought by human extractors ravaging the film’s fictional ecotopian planet Pandora, our disgusted protagonist abandons human society entirely, shedding his human body and becoming one of the blue-skinned, bioluminescent Navi.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2022
Toothpicks, cuticle pushers, tweezers and metal blemish extractors are the common tools that are being used to separate the shell and fragile membrane.
From Fox News ● Jan. 8, 2022
The extractors took a break and then bulldozed their way into a third cell.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
