Hyphenation of extraction

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word extraction? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

ex-trac-tion

Definitions of extraction:

1.
The process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means
2.
Properties attributable to your ancestry
He comes from good origins
3.
The action of taking out something (especially using effort or force)
The dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction

Synonyms of extraction:

nounnatural process, natural action, action, activity
noun origin, descent, ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation
noun removal, remotion

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