Extract and Select

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Extract verb - Take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy.

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Select is a synonym for extract in excerpt topic. In some cases you can use "Select" instead a verb "Extract", when it comes to topics like draw out.

Select verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

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Extract is a synonym for select. Sometimes you can use "Extract" instead a verb "Select".

name	extract name	select name
team	extract team	select team
location	extract location	select location
weapon	extract weapon	select weapon
Other words: card, elements, weapons.

In "The Krotons", the Krotons select the most intelligent people among the native population to extract some form of mental energy from them.

Source: Doom As Test Prize

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Select and Extract. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/extract/select

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