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extricate
ex·tri·cate E0304700 (ĕk′strĭ-kāt′)tr.v. ex·tri·cat·ed, ex·tri·cat·ing, ex·tri·cates To release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage.
[Latin extrīcāre, extrīcāt- : ex-, ex- + trīcae, hindrances, perplexities.]
ex′tri·ca·ble (-kə-bəl) adj.ex′tri·ca′tion n.Synonyms: extricate, disengage, disentangle, untangle
These verbs mean to free from something that entangles: extricated herself from an embarrassing situation; disengaged his attention from the television; sought to disentangle fact from fiction in the account; lawyers tasked with untangling the corporation's financial dealings.extricate (ˈɛkstrɪˌkeɪt) vb (tr) to remove or free from complication, hindrance, or difficulty; disentangle[C17: from Latin extrīcāre to disentangle, from ex-1 + trīcae trifles, vexations] ˈextricable adj ˌextriˈcation nUsage: See at extractex•tri•cate (ˈɛk strɪˌkeɪt)
v.t. -cat•ed, -cat•ing. to free or release from entanglement; disengage. [1605–15; < Latin extrīcātus, past participle of extrīcāre to set free =ex- ex-1 + -trīcāre, derivative of trīcae perplexities] ex′tri•ca•ble, adj. ex`tri•ca′tion, n. extricate
Past participle: extricated
Gerund: extricating
| Imperative |
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| extricate | | extricate |
| Present |
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| I extricate | | you extricate | | he/she/it extricates | | we extricate | | you extricate | | they extricate |
| Preterite |
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| I extricated | | you extricated | | he/she/it extricated | | we extricated | | you extricated | | they extricated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am extricating | | you are extricating | | he/she/it is extricating | | we are extricating | | you are extricating | | they are extricating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have extricated | | you have extricated | | he/she/it has extricated | | we have extricated | | you have extricated | | they have extricated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was extricating | | you were extricating | | he/she/it was extricating | | we were extricating | | you were extricating | | they were extricating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had extricated | | you had extricated | | he/she/it had extricated | | we had extricated | | you had extricated | | they had extricated |
| Future |
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| I will extricate | | you will extricate | | he/she/it will extricate | | we will extricate | | you will extricate | | they will extricate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have extricated | | you will have extricated | | he/she/it will have extricated | | we will have extricated | | you will have extricated | | they will have extricated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be extricating | | you will be extricating | | he/she/it will be extricating | | we will be extricating | | you will be extricating | | they will be extricating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been extricating | | you have been extricating | | he/she/it has been extricating | | we have been extricating | | you have been extricating | | they have been extricating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been extricating | | you will have been extricating | | he/she/it will have been extricating | | we will have been extricating | | you will have been extricating | | they will have been extricating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been extricating | | you had been extricating | | he/she/it had been extricating | | we had been extricating | | you had been extricating | | they had been extricating |
| Conditional |
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| I would extricate | | you would extricate | | he/she/it would extricate | | we would extricate | | you would extricate | | they would extricate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have extricated | | you would have extricated | | he/she/it would have extricated | | we would have extricated | | you would have extricated | | they would have extricated |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  extricate - release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"disencumber, disentangle, untangledisengage, free - free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor" |
extricateverb1. withdraw, relieve, free, clear, deliver, liberate, wriggle out of, get (someone) off the hook (slang), disembarrass an attempt to extricate himself from his financial difficulties2. free, clear, release, remove, rescue, get out, disengage, disentangle Emergency workers tried to extricate the survivors from the wreckage.extricateverbTo free from an entanglement:clear, disengage, disentangle, disinvolve, untangle.Translationsextricate (ˈekstrikeit) verb to set free. He extricated her from her difficulties. 救出，使脫離 脱身，使摆脱 ˌextriˈcation noun 擺脫 摆脱extricate
extricate (someone, something, or oneself) from (someone or something)To free someone, something, or oneself from something. Don't worry, I'll call and extricate you from your date if it's really terrible. I can't seem to extricate that knife from the dishwasher—it's really jammed in there. Whoa, how did you extricate yourself from a lecture with Dad?See also: extricateextricate someone or something from someone or somethingto disentangle someone or something from someone or something; to free someone or something from someone or something. I tried to extricate myself from her, but she made it hard for me to get away politely. I managed to extricate the ring from the vacuum cleaner bag.See also: extricateextricate
extricate (eks′trĭ-kāt″) [L. extricare, to disentangle, clear] To free from entrapment, as a person from a fallen building or a crushed automobile.extrication (eks″trĭ-kā′shŏn) extricate
Synonyms for extricateverb withdrawSynonyms- withdraw
- relieve
- free
- clear
- deliver
- liberate
- wriggle out of
- get (someone) off the hook
- disembarrass
verb freeSynonyms- free
- clear
- release
- remove
- rescue
- get out
- disengage
- disentangle
Synonyms for extricateverb to free from an entanglementSynonyms- clear
- disengage
- disentangle
- disinvolve
- untangle
Synonyms for extricateverb release from entanglement of difficultySynonyms- disencumber
- disentangle
- untangle
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