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- Dictionaryex·tri·cate/ˈekstrəˌkāt/
verb
- 1. free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty: "he was trying to extricate himself from official duties"
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EXTRICATE definition: 1. to remove something or set something free with difficulty: 2. to remove something or set…. Learn more.
The meaning of EXTRICATE is to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty. How to use extricate in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Extricate.
If you extricate yourself or another person from a difficult or serious situation, you free yourself or the other person from it. It represents a last ditch attempt by the country to extricate itself from its economic crisis.
Extricate is a mixture of the prefix ex, which means "out" or "out of," and the Latin word tricae, which means "hindrances." So to extricate is to get out of what's hindering you. But it's not always so simple.
Extricate definition: to free or release from entanglement; disengage. See examples of EXTRICATE used in a sentence.
Definition of extricate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to remove something or set something free with difficulty: extricate something from something It took hours to extricate the car from the sand. I tried to extricate my self from the situation. Synonyms. disentangle. untangle. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Removing and extracting. ablate. abstraction. bowdlerization. bowdlerized.
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.
Extricate definition: to free or release from entanglement; disengage. See examples of EXTRICATE used in a sentence.
ex•tri•cate (ek′ stri kāt′), v.t., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. to free or release from entanglement; disengage: to extricate someone from a dangerous situation. Chemistry to liberate (gas) from combination, as in a chemical process.
