EXTRICATE

extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber

(verb) release from entanglement of difficulty; “I cannot extricate myself from this task”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

extricate (third-person singular simple present extricates, present participle extricating, simple past and past participle extricated)

(transitive) To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.

(rare) To free from intricacies or perplexity

Source: Wiktionary

Ex"tri*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extricated(); p. pr. & vb. n. Extricating().] Etym: [L. extricatus, p. p. of extricare to extricate; ex out + tricae trifles, impediments, perplexities. Cf. Intricate.]

1. To free, as from difficulties or perplexities; to disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to extricate a person from debt, peril, etc. We had now extricated ourselves from the various labyrinths and defiles. Eustance.

2. To cause to be emitted or evolved; as, to extricate heat or moisture.

Syn.

– To disentangle; disembarrass; disengage; relieve; evolve; set free; liberate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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