(~s, extricating, ~d)
1.
If you ~ 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 ~ itself from its economic crisis...
She tugged on Hart’s arm to ~ 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 ~ someone or something from a place where they are trapped or caught, you succeed in freeing them. (FORMAL)
He endeavoured to ~ the car, digging with his hands in the blazing sunshine.
= free
VERB: V n