extricate

  • 21extricate — Synonyms and related words: avulse, break loose, break out, clear, cut loose, cut out, deliver, deracinate, dig out, dig up, disburden, disembarrass, disembroil, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, disinvolve, dislodge, draw, draw out, dredge,… …

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  • 22extricate — 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,… …

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  • 23extricate — see TRICK …

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  • 24extricate — ex·tri·cate || ekstrɪkeɪt v. untangle, free, release …

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  • 25extricate — [ ɛkstrɪkeɪt] verb free from a constraint or difficulty. Derivatives extricable adjective extrication noun Origin C17 (in the sense unravel ): from L. extricat , extricare unravel , from ex out + tricae perplexities …

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  • 26extricate — v. a. Disengage, disentangle, clear, disembarrass, relieve, liberate, deliver, free, set free …

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  • 27extricate — v disentangle, untangle, disembarrass, get [s.o.] off the hook, disencumber, relieve; extract, remove, withdraw, pull or get [s.o.] out of; disengage, disconnect, disjoin, detach, separate from; disenthrall, disimprison, rescue, ransom, free,… …

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  • 28extricate — ex·tri·cate …

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  • 29extricate — [ˈekstrɪˌkeɪt] verb [T] formal to get someone or yourself out of a difficult situation or a dangerous place …

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  • 30extricate — ex•tri•cate [[t]ˈɛk strɪˌkeɪt[/t]] v. t. cat•ed, cat•ing to free or release from entanglement; disengage • Etymology: 1605–15; < L extrīcātus, ptp. of extrīcāre to set free = ex I+ trīcāre, der. of trīcae perplexities ex′tri•ca•ble, adj. ex… …

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