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Extricate
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To free, as from difficulties or perplexities; to disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to extricate a person from debt, peril, etc. We had now extricated ourselves from the various labyrinths and defiles. Eustance.
2. To cause to be emitted or evolved; as, to extricate heat or moisture.
Synonyms: disentangle; disembarrass; disengage; relieve; evolve; set free; liberate.