EXTRICATE


Meaning of EXTRICATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ekstrɪkeɪt ]

( extricates, extricating, extricated)

1.

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...

She tugged on Hart’s arm to extricate him from the circle of men with whom he’d been talking.

= free

VERB : V pron-refl from n , V n from n

2.

If you extricate someone or something from a place where they are trapped or caught, you succeed in freeing them. ( FORMAL )

He endeavoured to extricate the car, digging with his hands in the blazing sunshine.

= free

VERB : V n

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