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Extractor

noun
1.
An instrument for extracting tight-fitting components.
2.
An apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension.  Synonyms: centrifuge, separator.
3.
A mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejector.  Synonyms: cartridge extractor, cartridge remover.



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"Extractor" Quotes from Famous Books



... had been broken arms and prodigious bruises, cuts and gashes of every conceivable character, and in every instance Dr. Fiddler had performed with heroic fidelity. In the middle of a particularly enthusiastic tribute to the doctor's skill as a fish-bone extractor, Diggs appeared in the doorway, coughed indulgently, ...
— Mr. Bingle • George Barr McCutcheon
... fuze into the hole of the shell, the cannoneer covered the fuze head with tow, put a fuze-setter on it, and hammered the setter with a mallet, "drifting" the fuze until the head stuck out of the shell only 2/10 of an inch. If the fuze had to be withdrawn, there was a fuze extractor for the job. This tool gripped the fuze head tightly, and turning a screw slowly pulled out ...
— Artillery Through the Ages - A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America • Albert Manucy


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