Word of the Day: Extricate

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Word of the Day: 
Extricate

PRONUNCIATION: 
[ek-stri-keyt] 
This week's words
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Extricate
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MEANING:

verb (used with object), ex·tri·cat·ed, ex·tri·cat·ing. 1. to free or release from entanglement; disengage: to extricate someone from a dangerous situation. 2. to liberate (gas) from combination, as in a chemical process.

ETYMOLOGY1610s, from L. extricatus, pp. of extricare "disentangle," perhaps from ex- "out of" + tricae (pl.) "perplexities, hindrances," of unknown origin. Related: Extricated; extricating.


USAGE: It was difficult for me to extricate myself from the unhappy love affair.        


SYNONYMS: bail out, clear, deliver, detach, difference, differentiate, disburden, discumber, disembarrass, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, disinvolve, extract, free, get off the hook, get out from under, let go, let off, liberate, loose, loosen, pull out, release, remove, rescue, resolve, save one's neck, separate, sever, untie, withdraw, wriggle out of


ANTONYMS: entangle, involve


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