un-extricated
strɪˌkeɪt verb (used with object), ex·tri·cat·ed, ex·tri·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.
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| —vb | |
| to remove or free from complication, hindrance, or difficulty; disentangle | |
| [C17: from Latin extrīcāre to disentangle, from | |
| '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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