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- Dictionaryextricate/ˈɛkstrɪkeɪt/
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 someone or something from a place where they are trapped or caught, you succeed in freeing them.
verb. /ˈekstrɪkeɪt/ (formal) Verb Forms. extricate somebody/something/yourself (from something) to escape or enable somebody to escape from a difficult situation. He had managed to extricate himself from most of his official duties. Definitions on the go.
If you need to be untangled, set free or otherwise released from something or someone, you need to be extricated. Extricate is a mixture of the prefix ex, which means "out" or "out of," and the Latin word tricae, which means "hindrances."
EXTRICATE meaning: 1. to remove something or set something free with difficulty: 2. to remove something or set…. Learn more.
Extricate definition: to free or release from entanglement; disengage. See examples of EXTRICATE used in a sentence.
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.
to get yourself out of a difficult situation or unpleasant place: I didn't know how to extricate myself from such an embarrassing situation. (Definition of extricate from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of extricate. in Chinese (Traditional) 使擺脫，使脫離, 解救… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 使摆脱，使脱离, 解救…
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.
