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   Ex·tri·cate

   /ˈekstrəˌkāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty: "he was trying to extricate himself from official duties"

   Word Origin early 17th century (in the sense ‘unravel, untangle’): from Latin extricat- ‘unravelled’, from the verb extricare, from ex- ‘out’ + tricae ‘perplexities’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. extricable adjective
   • 2. extrication noun

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   What does it mean to extricate yourself from a difficult situation?

   • If you extricate yourself or another person from a difficult or serious situation, you free yourself or the other person from it. It represents a last-ditch attempt by the country to extricate itself from its economic crisis. She tugged on Hart's arm to extricate him from the circle of men with whom he'd been talking.

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   What is the difference between extricate and disentangle?

   • extricate, disentangle, untangle, disencumber, disembarrass mean to free from what binds or holds back. extricate implies the use of care or ingenuity in freeing from a difficult position or situation. disentangle and untangle suggest painstaking separation of a thing from other things.

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   What is the verb for extricate?

   • 2 verb If you extricate someone or something from a place where they are trapped or caught, you succeed in freeing them. He endeavoured to extricate the car, digging with his hands in the blazing sunshine. V n Add your entry in the Collaborative Dictionary.

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   What does extrication mean?

   • , ex·tri·cat·ed, ex·tri·cat·ing. to extricate someone from a dangerous situation. to liberate (gas) from combination, as in a chemical process. One person had to be extricated from a vehicle, fire officials said.

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   Extricate is a verb that means to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty. It comes from Latin extricatus, which means "trifles or perplexities." See synonyms, examples, etymology, and more.

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   Extricate means to remove or free something or someone with difficulty. Learn how to use this formal verb in different contexts, see synonyms and related words, and hear the pronunciation.

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   Extricate means to remove or free something or someone with difficulty. Learn how to use this formal verb in different contexts, such as removing something from a situation or a place, and see synonyms and related words.

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   Extricate means to free or release from entanglement or difficulty. It comes from Latin extricāre, meaning to disentangle. See how to use extricate in a sentence and find synonyms and related words.

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   extricate: 1 v release from entanglement or difficulty “I cannot extricate myself from this task” Synonyms: disencumber , disentangle , untangle Type of: disengage , free free or remove obstruction from

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the verb extricate, which means to escape or free from a difficult situation or a place. See pictures, synonyms and example sentences from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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