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extricate

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ex·tri·cate

[ek-stri-keyt]
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; < Latin extricātus (past participle of extricāre), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + tric(ae) perplexities + -ātus -ate1

ex·tri·ca·tion, noun
non·ex·tri·ca·tion, noun
un·ex·tri·cat·ed, adjective


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

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  • It has taken months to extricate it, but finally I have it back.
  • Unable to extricate himself, after several days he dies of thirst within plain sight of freedom.
  • That strategy once helped me to extricate myself from an ugly work environment.
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extricate (ˈɛkstrɪˌkeɪt)
 
vb
to remove or free from complication, hindrance, or difficulty; disentangle
 
[C17: from Latin extrīcāre to disentangle, from ex-1 + trīcae trifles, vexations]
 
 
'extricable
 
adj
 
extri'cation
 
n

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extricate
1610s, from L. extricatus, pp. of extricare "disentangle," from ex- "out of" + tricæ (pl.) "perplexities, hindrances," of unknown origin. Related: Extricable; extricated; extricating; extrication.
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