extricate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: ex=tri=cate

CIDE DICTIONARY

extricate, v. t. [L. extricatus, p. p. of extricare to extricate; ex out + tricae trifles, impediments, perplexities. Cf. Intricate.].

•  To free, as from difficulties or perplexities; to disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to extricate a person from debt, peril, etc.  [1913 Webster]

  "We had now extricated ourselves from the various labyrinths and defiles."  [1913 Webster]
•  To cause to be emitted or evolved; as, to extricate heat or moisture.

Syn. -- To disentangle; disembarrass; disengage; relieve; evolve; set free; liberate.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

extricate, v.tr. (often foll. by from) free or disentangle from a constraint or difficulty.

Derivative

extricable adj. extrication n.

Etymology

L extricare extricat- (as EX-(1), tricae perplexities)

THESAURUS

extricate

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, dredge up, eradicate, evolve, evulse, excavate, excise, exsect, extract, free, free up, get out, gouge out, grub up, liberate, mine, pick out, pluck out, pluck up, pull, pull out, pull up, quarry, rake out, ransom, recover, redeem, release, remove, rescue, retrieve, rip out, root out, root up, salvage, save, set free, take out, tear loose, tear out, unclutter, unearth, unknot, unravel, unscramble, unsnarl, untangle, uproot, weed out, withdraw, wrest out

ROGET THESAURUS

extricate

Deliverance

VB deliver, extricate, rescue, save, emancipate, redeem, ransom, bring off, bring through, tirer d'affaire, get the wheel out of the rut, snatch from the jaws of death, come to the rescue, rid, retrieve, be rid of, get rid of.

Facility

VB be easy, go on smoothly, run smoothly, have full play, go on all fours, run on all fours, obey the helm, work well, flow with the stream, swim with the stream, drift with the stream, go with the stream, flow with the tide, drift with the tide, see one's way, have all one's own way, have the game in one's own hands, walk over the course, win at a canter, make light of, make nothing of, make no bones of, be at home in, make it look easy, do it with one's eyes closed, do it in one's sleep, render easy, facilitate, smooth, ease, popularize, lighten, lighten the labor, free, clear, disencumber, disembarrass, disentangle, disengage, deobstruct, unclog, extricate, unravel, untie the knot, cut the knot, disburden, unload, exonerate, emancipate, free from, deoppilate, humor, lubricate, relieve, leave a hole to creep out of, leave a loophole, leave the matter open, give the reins to, give full play, give full swing, make way for, open the door to, open the way, prepare the ground, smooth the ground, clear the ground, open the way, open the path, open the road, pave the way, bridge over, permit.

Liberation

VB liberate, free, set free, set clear, set at liberty, render free, emancipate, release, enfranchise, affranchise, manumit, enlarge, disband, discharge, disenthrall, disenthral, dismiss, let go, let loose, loose, let out, let slip, cast adrift, turn adrift, deliver, absolve, unfetter &c, untie, loose, loosen, relax, unbolt, unbar, unclose, uncork, unclog, unhand, unbind, unchain, unharness, unleash, disengage, disentangle, clear, extricate, unloose, gain one's liberty, obtain one's liberty, acquire one's liberty, get rid of, get clear of, deliver oneself from, shake off the yoke, slip the collar, break loose, break prison, tear asunder one's bonds, cast off trammels, escape.

Extraction

VB extract, draw, take out, draw out, pull out, tear out, pluck out, pick out, get out, wring from, wrench, extort, root up, weed up, grub up, rake up, root out, weed out, grub out, rake out, eradicate, pull up by the roots, pluck up by the roots, averruncate, unroot, uproot, pull up, extirpate, dredge, remove, educe, elicit, evolve, extricate, eliminate, eviscerate, express, squeeze out, press out.