ext
ri
cate
Third Person
extricates
Present Participle
extricating
Past Tense
extricated
Past Participle
extricated
1
to free someone from a difficult or entangled situation
transitive
- She had to extricate herself from the awkward conversation at the party.
- The lawyer worked tirelessly to extricate her client from the legal troubles.
- After hours of negotiations, they finally extricated themselves from the deal.
- He tried to extricate his friend from the argument by changing the subject.
- The firefighter extricated the trapped victim from the wreckage.
Synonyms:
2
to disentangle or take something out from an area or condition where it's trapped or stuck
transitive
- The technician carefully extricated the damaged part from the machine.
- He had to extricate the lost keys from the narrow gap between the seats.
- The archaeologists carefully extricated the ancient artifact from the soil.
- They extricated the boat from the rocks after it had been stuck there for hours.
- She used tweezers to extricate the splinter from her finger.