Extricate synonyms and antonyms

ĕk'strĭ-kāt'

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disentangle
To clear up or resolve (a plot, for example); unravel.
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remove
(Intransitive) To change one's residence; to move.
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rescue
Rescue is defined as to free, save from danger or take out of legal custody by force.
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disengage
To release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles.
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liberate
The definition of liberate is to free or emancipate someone or something, or to steal something.
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free (related)
Free means to release or let go.
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clear
To free (a person or thing) of or from something
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extract
To copy out or quote (a passage from a book, etc.); excerpt
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loose
Common misspelling of lose.
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untangle
To straighten out (something puzzling or complicated); clarify or resolve.
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entangle (antonym)
To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult; hence, metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers.
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disencumber
To relieve of a burden; free from a hindrance or annoyance
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disassociate (related)
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break-free (related)
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dislodge (related)
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deliver
To bring or transport something to its destination.
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involve (antonym)
To envelop, enfold, entangle, or embarrass.
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Extricate Sentence Examples

  • It was a long time before the dragoons could extricate the bleeding youth, beaten almost to death.

  • On the other hand, there may be a Christianity which seeks to extricate the " spiritual " from the" supernatural " (Arnold Toynbee, characterizing T.H.Green).

  • It took Blucher time to extricate his troops from the confusion into which the battle had thrown them, and the garrison of Leipzig and the troops left on the right bank of the Elster still resisted obstinately - hence no direct pursuit could be initiated and the French, still upwards of 10o,000 strong, marching rapidly, soon gained distance enough to be reformed.

  • He managed, nevertheless, to extricate himself, and turning north-eastwards he passed through Chetang, and reached Lhasa by way of Samye monastery.

  • The efforts made to extricate the garrisons, including the mission of General Gordon, the fall of Khartum, and the Nile Expedition under Lord Wolseley, are described below separately in the section of this article dealing with the military operations.

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