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extricate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of extricate

to set free from entanglement or difficulty

you've woven such a web of lies that it's hard to see how you can extricate yourself now

Synonyms of extricate

clear, disembarrass, disengage, disentangle, free, liberate, release, untangle

Words Related to extricate

deliver, redeem, rescue, save

disburden, disencumber, unburden

unravel, unsnarl, untie, untwine

Phrases Synonymous with extricate

Near Antonyms of extricate

block, hamper, hinder, impede, obstruct

burden, encumber, load, weigh

Antonyms of extricate

embroil, entangle

Synonym Discussion of extricate

extricate, disentangle, untangle, disencumber, disembarrass mean to free from what binds or holds back. extricate implies the use of care or ingenuity in freeing from a difficult position or situation.

- extricated himself from financial difficulties

disentangle and untangle suggest painstaking separation of a thing from other things.

- disentangling fact from fiction
- untangle a web of deceit

disencumber implies a release from something that clogs or weighs down.

- an article disencumbered of jargon

disembarrass suggests a release from something that impedes or hinders.

- disembarrassed herself of her advisers

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