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comparative more extractive, superlative most extractive
That serves to extract something quotations examples
Certain branches of industry are conveniently designated extractive: e.g., agriculture, pastoral and mining pursuits, cutting of lumber, etc.
1874, John Elliott Cairnes, Some Leading Principles of Political Economy, newly Expounded
That withdraws natural resources by extraction quotations examples
The extractive industry consists of any operations that remove metals, mineral and aggregates from the earth. Examples of extractive processes include oil and gas extraction, mining, dredging and quarrying.
2014, BusinessDictionary.com
Able to be extracted quotations examples
Thirty grains of extractive matter.
1796, Richard Kirwan, The Manures Most Advantageously Applicable to the Various Sorts of Soils
plural extractives
Something that may be extracted examples
The substance left behind after something has been extracted examples