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“extractive industry”
A commercial operation involved in exploring for non-renewable natural resources and removing them from the earth: Some examples of extractive industries that withdraw resources from nature are gas drilling, hunting, trapping, mining, and forestry; all of which are important parts of a country's economy.
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ex-, e-, ef-
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stru-, struct-, -structure, -struction, -structive
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tra-, tract-, trac-, -tractive, -traction, -tracting, treat-, trai-
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