extruction

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noun

A building up; a construction.

OriginLatin exstructio →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounextruction (usually uncountable, plural extructions)

plural extructions

  1. obsoleteuncountableusuallyA building up; a construction.
    1 more example

    [O]f Famous Temples of the Romans, their Palaces, Baths, Theatres, and Buildings of all kindes, vve meet unqueſtionably vvith the Ruines in every part of this Kingdome; but not ſo much as vvith the leaſt pieces of broken Craggs, of the extruction of the Danes in any place thereof, vvhich can juſtly be ſaid Theirs.

    1665, John Webb, A Vindication of Stone-Heng Restored: […], London: […] R[alph] Davenport for Tho[mas] Bassett, […], →OCLC, page 232

Origin

  1. Latinexstructio
  2. Englishextruction

Latin exstructio.

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APA

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MLA

“extruction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extruction. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extruction,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extruction.

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