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Extricating

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ex⋅tri⋅cate

  [ek-stri-keyt]
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–verb (used with object), -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing.
1. to free or release from entanglement; disengage: to extricate someone from a dangerous situation.
2. to liberate (gas) from combination, as in a chemical process.
Origin:
1605–15; < L extricātus (ptp. of extricāre), equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + tric(ae) perplexities + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
ex⋅tri⋅ca⋅tion, noun

Synonyms:
1. loose, rescue, deliver, save, recover.
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ex·tri·cate   (ěk'strĭ-kāt')   
tr.v.   ex·tri·cat·ed, ex·tri·cat·ing, ex·tri·cates

  1. To release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage.

  2. Archaic To distinguish from something related.


[Latin extrīcāre, extrīcāt- : ex-, ex- + trīcae, hindrances, perplexities.]
ex'tri·ca·ble (-kə-bəl) adj., ex'tri·ca'tion n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to free from something that entangles: extricated herself from an embarrassing situation; trying to disengage his attention from the television; disentangled the oar from the water lilies; a trapped animal that untangled itself from a net.
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Word Origin & History

extricate 
1614, from L. extricatus, pp. of extricare "disentangle," from ex- "out of" + tricæ (pl.) "perplexities, hindrances," of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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