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Taking out "family background" (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

extraction

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'taking out family' is the definition.
'extraction' can be an answer for 'family' (thesaurus). I'm unsure of the 'taking out' bit.

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(Other definitions for extraction that I've seen before include "breeding" , "Dental operation" , "one suffers with mouth open?" , "drawing" , "Ethnic origin" .)

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