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2. uprooting, unrooting, pulling up, plucking up, pulling out by the roots, rooting out, outrooting, de-racination; pulling out, drawing out, wrenching out, tearing out, avulsion, taking out, extraction, evulsion; excision, cutting, cutting out; unearthing, excavation, digging up or out, grubbing up or out; weeding out, raking out.

extol, v. praise, sound the praises of, sing the praises of, cry up, laud, Archaic, magnify; approve enthusiastically, hail, commend; eulogize, panegyrize, glorify, bless; exalt, elevate, compliment, flatter; pay tribute to, pay homage to, honor, crown; applaud, acclaim, cheer, celebrate, congratulate, Archaic, gratulate.

extoller, n. 1. praiser, applauder, lauder, laudator, exalter, eulogist, encomiast, panegyrist; Inf tout, Inf. touter, booster, promoter, fan, devotee, publicist.
2. timeserver, temporizer, Inf. back-scratcher; toady, sycophant, tufthunter, claquer, Inf. bootlicker; fawner, flatterer, wheedler, cajoler, smooth-talker, Inf. soft-soaper.

extort, v. 1. wrest, wrench, tear from, wring, extract; blackmail, milk, squeeze, get out of, Inf. bleed, pry out, obtain by force; Sl. shake down, Inf. put the bite or squeeze or shake on, put the arm on [s.o.], Sl. lean on or against [s.o.], put the screws to [s.o.]; take away from, deprive of, bereave of, despoil, fleece, Sl. skin.
2. compel, make, coerce, force, threaten; require, de mand, insist on or upon, command, enjoin; call for, necessitate, tax, Obs. task, requisition; request, ask, elicit, draw out.

extortion, n. 1. blackmail, shakedown, exaction, Inf. the squeeze; milking, Inf bleeding, bloodsucking; wresting, wrenching, wringing, extraction, elicitation: badger game, skin game, Sl. murphy.
2. tribute, ransom, exacted or enforced payment; bribe, hush money, Inf. protection, Inf. payola, graft,

extortionate, adj. 1. exorbitant, expensive; excessive, outrageous. See - exorbitant (defs. 1, 2).
2. usurious, bloodsucking, wringing, exacting; avaricious, rapacious, ravening, voracious, greedy; sordid, mean, venal.

extortionist, n. extortioner, blackmailer, shakedown artist; bloodsucker, Sl. bleeder, leech, vampire, vulture; exacter, wrester, wrencher, wringer; rack-renter.

extra, adj. 1. additional, accessory, auxiliary, ancillary, supplemental, supplementary, adventitious; secondary, subsidiary, collateral, nonessential, incidental; more, new, fresh, plus, further, farther, other; odd, spare, reserve, surplus, leftover, unused. -n. 2. addition, accessory, appendage, appurtenance; coda, supplement, addendum, appendix; bonus, premium, dividend, tip, gratuity, lagniappe.
3. surcharge, markup, added cost, unexpected cost or expense.
4. tabloid, special, special edition.
5. supernumerary, Inf. super, walk-on, walking gentleman or lady, Inf. spear-carrier. -adv. 6. additionally, in addition, also, as well, besides, too, to boot, into the bargain; beyond, plus, on top of, over and above.