Synonyms for extricate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ek-stri-keyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛk strɪˌkeɪt |
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Définition of extricate
Origin :- 1610s, from Latin extricatus, past participle of extricare "disentangle," perhaps from ex- "out of" + tricae (plural) "perplexities, hindrances," of unknown origin. Related: Extricated; extricating.
- verb get out of a situation; relieve of responsibility
- Money was needful to extricate him from this drudgery and let him follow up his aspirations.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- But Shakib is in such a business tangle that he could not extricate himself in a day.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- Before the animal could extricate itself Mary-'Gusta had seized it in her arms.
- Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- He could extricate himself by criminating his dead father, but that he should never do.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- Still, he conceived that he had gone too far to extricate himself.
- Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
- She lay on her back, struggling vainly to extricate her foot from the stirrup.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham
- So many fell on top of Shorty that he was unable to rise and extricate himself.
- Extract from : « Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) » by John McElroy
- What he expected of me was to extricate him from a difficult situation.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- You are just in time to extricate us from a most inconvenient situation.
- Extract from : « Steve and the Steam Engine » by Sara Ware Bassett
- I can extricate myself from the Paris disaster, even turn it to account.
- Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli
Antonyms for extricate
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