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extricable

American  
[ek-stri-kuh-buhl, ik-strik-uh-buhl] / ˈɛk strɪ kə bəl, ɪkˈstrɪk ə bəl /

adjective

  1. capable of being extricated.

Other Word Forms

  • nonextricable adjective
  • nonextricably adverb
  • unextricable adjective

Etymology

Origin of extricable

1615–25; < Latin extric ( āre ) ( extricate ) + -able

Example Sentences

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We know that the electrical, chemical brain is not extricable from the subjective mind.

From The Guardian

A few facts only of any interest are extricable.

From Project Gutenberg

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