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extricate

ex·tri·cate [ ékstri kàyt ] (past and past participle ex·tri·cat·ed, present participle ex·tri·cat·ing, 3rd person present singular ex·tri·cates)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
free with difficulty: to release somebody or something with difficulty from a physical constraint or an unpleasant or complicated situation
was unable to extricate himself from the contract

[Early 17th century. < Latin extricat-, past participle of extricare "remove from perplexities" < tricae "perplexities"]

ex·tri·ca·ble [ ékstrikəb'l, ik stríkəb'l ] adjective
ex·tri·ca·tion [ èkstri káysh'n ] noun
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