extricate
[ ek-stri-keyt ]
/ ˈɛk strɪˌkeɪt /
Save This Word!
verb (used with object), ex·tri·cat·ed, ex·tri·cat·ing.
to free or release from entanglement; disengage: to extricate someone from a dangerous situation.
to liberate (gas) from combination, as in a chemical process.
QUIZZES
QUIZ YOURSELF ON THE MANY TYPES OF NOUNS
They're everywhere you turn, but can you identify the 10 types of nouns easily? This quiz will test your mettle against singular, plural, concrete, abstract, common, proper, collective, compound, countable, and uncountable nouns!
Question 1 of 7
Shoelaces, rainbow, toothpaste, and haircuts are all what type of noun?
Meet Grammar Coach
Improve Your Writing
Origin of extricate
OTHER WORDS FROM extricate
ex·tri·ca·tion, nounnon·ex·tri·ca·tion, nounun·ex·tri·cat·ed, adjectiveWords nearby extricate
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
Example sentences from the Web for extricate
British Dictionary definitions for extricate
extricate
/ (ˈɛkstrɪˌkeɪt) /
verb (tr)
to remove or free from complication, hindrance, or difficulty; disentangle
Derived forms of extricate
extricable, adjectiveextrication, nounWord Origin for extricate
C17: from Latin extrīcāre to disentangle, from ex- 1 + trīcae trifles, vexations
undefined extricate
See extract
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012