Extract

Intermediate 🎖️ Military / Defense

Definition

To remove personnel from a location, usually under fire and always in a dramatic hurry—the opposite of deploy.

Example Usage

We needed immediate extraction before the enemy overran our position.

Origin

Modern special operations terminology

Fun Fact

Failed extractions have ruined more military operations than any other single factor

Source: Special Operations Command terminology

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