extricate

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  1. transitive verb To release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage.
  2. transitive verb Archaic To distinguish from something related.
  3. Syntax Note
    Synonyms: extricate, disengage, disentangle, untangle
    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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  • Over 100 Firefighters and Paramedics worked tirelessly for more than two hours to extricate, treat, and transport eight people from a vehicle that plunged more than 200 feet over the side of Mulholland Drive. —  LAFD News & Information
  • China is dead serious in attempting to extricate itself from dependence on U.S. currency fluctuations. —  Salon
  • These primary source documents concern the Gorbachev leadership's attempts to extricate the USSR from its years-long military intervention in Afghanistan. —  Political Affairs Magazine
  • This response is intended to minimize traumatic damage by prompting individuals to extricate themselves from the situation as quickly as possible. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • In the early hours of April 1, a dramatic accident on China Graveyard Road caused firefighters to extricate 20-year-old Thomas Derushe of Jackson from the badly destroyed cab of a red sports car.
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  1. Latin extrīcāre, extrīcāt- : ex-, ex- + trīcae, hindrances, perplexities.

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  1. from Latin extricatus, past participle of extricare, disentangle, extricate, from ex, out, + tricæ, trifles, toys, trumpery, hence also hindrances, impediments. Cf. intricate.
 

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