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extricate (verb)

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  • extricate — ► VERB ▪ free from a constraint or difficulty. DERIVATIVES extrication noun. ORIGIN Latin extricare unravel , from tricae perplexities …   English terms dictionary

  • extricate — verb (T) 1 to escape from a difficult or embarrassing situation (+ from): By 1897 his lawyers had managed to extricate him from the contract. | extricate yourself: I desperately tried to think of a way to extricate myself from Mrs. Bedford s… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • extricate — verb /ˈɛks.tɹɪ.keɪt/ a) To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle. I finally managed to extricate myself from the tight jacket. b) To free from intricacies or perplexity Your argumentation ... is invelloped w …   Wiktionary

  • extricate — I verb clear, cut loose, deliver, deobstruct, detach, disburden, discharge, disembarrass, disembroil, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, disenthrall, disjoin, dislodge, disprison, enlarge, exonerate, expedire, exsolvere, free, let loose,… …   Law dictionary

  • extricate — verb there s always someone who can extricate these wealthy little brats from their run ins with the law Syn: extract, free, release, disentangle, get out, remove, withdraw, disengage; informal get someone/oneself off the hook …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • extricate — [[t]e̱kstrɪkeɪt[/t]] extricates, extricating, extricated 1) VERB If you extricate yourself or another person from a difficult or serious situation, you free yourself or the other person from it. [V pron refl from n] It represents a last ditch… …   English dictionary

  • extricate — UK [ˈekstrɪkeɪt] / US [ˈekstrɪˌkeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms extricate : present tense I/you/we/they extricate he/she/it extricates present participle extricating past tense extricated past participle extricated formal 1) to get someone out… …   English dictionary

  • extricate — ex|tri|cate [ ekstrı,keıt ] verb transitive FORMAL 1. ) to get someone out of a difficult or unpleasant situation: extricate someone/yourself (from something): Pete had managed to extricate himself from a very embarrassing situation. 2. ) to get… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • extricate — transitive verb ( cated; cating) Etymology: Latin extricatus, past participle of extricare, from ex + tricae trifles, perplexities Date: 1601 1. a. archaic unravel b. to distinguish from a related thing 2. to free or remove from an entanglement… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • extricate — /ˈɛkstrəkeɪt / (say ekstruhkayt) verb (t) (extricated, extricating) 1. to disentangle; disengage; free: to extricate one from a dangerous or embarrassing situation. 2. to liberate (gas, etc.) from combination, as in a chemical process. {Latin… …  

  • extricate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. free, disentangle, loose, liberate, disengage. See liberation, extraction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. disentangle, disengage, deliver, liberate; see free 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. free,… …   English dictionary for students

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