extricate

[ek-stri-keyt]

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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.

Origin of extricate

1605–15; < Latin extricātus (past participle of extricāre), equivalent to ex- ex-¹ + tric(ae) perplexities + -ātus -ate¹

Related formsex·tri·ca·tion, nounnon·ex·tri·ca·tion, nounun·ex·tri·cat·ed, adjective

Synonyms for extricate

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1. loose, rescue, deliver, save, recover.

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Related Words for extrication

reprieve, help, alleviation, assistance, comfort, satisfaction, respite, maintenance, support, happiness, delivery, salvage, recovery, relief, redemption, pardon, liberation, restoration, deliverance, emancipation

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Historical Examples of extrication

What opening for extrication, unless, indeed, Emilia should die?
Malbone
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
They were therefore in a dilemma, from which there was no middle course of extrication.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Here was an impasse from which obviously there was but one method of extrication.
Lord Milner's Work in South Africa
W. Basil Worsfold
This is one of the simplest of these methods of extrication.
The Life of an Insect
Anonymous
They seemed to be in a maze, without perceiving the right way of extrication.
The Allen House
T. S. Arthur

British Dictionary definitions for extrication

extricate

verb (tr)

to remove or free from complication, hindrance, or difficulty; disentangle

Derived Formsextricable, adjectiveextrication, noun

Word Origin for extricate

C17: from Latin extrīcāre to disentangle, from ex- 1 + trīcae trifles, vexations

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Word Origin and History for extrication

1640s, noun of action of extricate.

extricate

1610s, from Latin extricatus, past participle of extricare "disentangle," perhaps from ex- "out of" + tricae (plural) "perplexities, hindrances," of unknown origin. Related: Extricated; extricating.