Dictionary

extricate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈek.stɹɪˌkæɪt/ (Australia)
• /ˈek.stɹəˌkæɪt/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈɛk.stɹɪˌkeɪt/ (Canada, General-American, UK)
• (California) audio
• /ˈek.stɹəˌkæɪt/ (Australia)
• /ˈɛk.stɹɪ.keɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɛk.stɹəˌkeɪt/ (Canada, General-American, UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extrīcātus, past participle of extrīcō. Compare intricate.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.
   • I finally managed to extricate myself from the tight jacket.
   • The firefighters had to use the jaws of life to extricate Monica from the car wreck.
2. (rare) To free from intricacies or perplexity.
   • Your argumentation ... is invelloped with certain intricacies, that are not easie to be extricated. 1662: Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue Two)

Forms

Deriveds

unextricated

Relateds

intricate · intrigue · extricable · inextricable · extrication

Synonyms

unthread

Translations (28)

gd saor (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · ga fuascail (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · hu kihúz (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · ru освобожда́ть (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · nl ontwarren (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · es librar (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · pl wyswobadzać (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · gd fuasgail (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · nl bevrijden (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · la extrīcō (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · bg измъквам (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · ca deslliurar (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · cs vymanit (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · pl wyswobodzić (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · hu kiszabadít (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · fr extirper (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · hu kibogoz (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · hu kivág (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · ko 탈출(脫出)시키다 (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · nl verlossen (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · pl wyswabadzać (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · is losa (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · de befreien (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · es sacar (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · is leysa (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · bg освобождавам (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · la expediō (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) · ca desempallegar (to free, disengage, loosen or untangle)