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extricate

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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • \ˈek-strə-ˌkāt\
    • /ˈek.strɪ.keɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • \ˈek-strə-ˌkāt\

Definitions of extricate word

  • noun extricate Free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty. 1
  • transitive verb extricate free, release 1
  • verb extricate If you extricate yourself or another person from a difficult or serious situation, you free yourself or the other person from it. 0
  • verb extricate If you extricate someone or something from a place where they are trapped or caught, you succeed in freeing them. 0
  • verb extricate to remove or free from complication, hindrance, or difficulty; disentangle 0
  • verb transitive extricate to set free; release or disentangle (from a net, difficulty, etc.) 0
See all 6 definitions of extricate

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Parts of speech for Extricate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Extricate

extricate popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for extricate

verb extricate

  • get out — an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal: the get of a stallion.
  • extract — Remove or take out, especially by effort or force.
  • remove — to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
  • disentangle — Free (something or someone) from an entanglement; extricate.
  • detach — If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing detaches from another, it becomes separated from it.
All 33 Synonyms of extricate

Antonyms for extricate

verb extricate

  • engage — Occupy, attract, or involve (someone's interest or attention).
  • attach — If you attach something to an object, you join it or fasten it to the object.
  • connect — If something or someone connects one thing to another, or if one thing connects to another, the two things are joined together.
  • link — a torch, especially of tow and pitch.
  • unite — to join, combine, or incorporate so as to form a single whole or unit.
All 16 Antonyms of extricate

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