as in to liberate
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
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Recent Examples of extricate
The film begins the night of Judy’s birth, in 1964, when a young Ed and Lorraine (Orion Smith and Madison Lawlor, respectively) extricate themselves from a possible exorcism of a bizarre oversized mirror, race to the hospital and revive a dead Judy through the power of prayer.
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Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
In today’s digital world, jobs that require teens to disconnect from screens and interact face-to-face mean more time engaged in the real world around less time extricated in virtual naivete.
—Rachel Greszler, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
On the director’s cue, Mary Berry was tenderly extricated from her thermal gilet and the floor was purged of its few dozen researchers, home economists, sound recordists, camera operators, technicians, producers, and researchers.
—Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
This cosmological constant represents a form of energy inherent to space itself, and cannot be removed, separated from, or extricated from the very fabric of space.
—Big Think, 22 Aug. 2025
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Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
In today’s digital world, jobs that require teens to disconnect from screens and interact face-to-face mean more time engaged in the real world around less time extricated in virtual naivete.
—Rachel Greszler, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
On the director’s cue, Mary Berry was tenderly extricated from her thermal gilet and the floor was purged of its few dozen researchers, home economists, sound recordists, camera operators, technicians, producers, and researchers.
—Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
This cosmological constant represents a form of energy inherent to space itself, and cannot be removed, separated from, or extricated from the very fabric of space.
—Big Think, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extricate
Verb
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And that liberated me, absolutely liberated me.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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In order to win a war—especially a war that threatened the nation’s very existence—the federal government enjoyed plenary power to liberate slaves, as nations at war had commonly done long before the Constitution was drafted and ratified.—
Akhil Reed Amar,
Time,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The organization takes care of the back-end logistics, from payroll and setting tuition to lobbying state legislators and navigating local zoning laws, freeing educators to concentrate on their craft.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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The kitten was freed from the tire unharmed and reunited with his family.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Blood is always poised and ready to clot, because the body sees this as a life-saving mechanism.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Is intuitive budgeting effective for saving money?—
Andreina Rodriguez,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Claude can’t disentangle her years-ago affair with Mathias from feelings of self-recrimination and guilt, and seesaws between anger and seduction.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Justice Department has disavowed its role in his indictment, which led to a four-month stay in a minimum-security prison, but Navarro argued the department cannot disentangle itself from the charge that led to his imprisonment.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Those could show up as working too much, playing too many video games, shutting down, disengaging from their partners.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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If someone is disengaged but still clocking in, that work has to be absorbed by other team members, which can create additional stress and drag down productivity across the board, said SHRM's Atkinson.—
Charlotte Morabito,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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One important caveat is, new JAL Mileage Bank members must wait seven days before redeeming miles.—
Meghan Hunter,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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That seems like quite a serious undertaking for a half-hour comedy about a disgraced former college football player who sets off to redeem himself by catfishing his way into becoming the quarterback for an underdog team in south Georgia.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Brooks explained the white and brown pup was rescued from a cruelty case in South Carolina.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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As Sergio uncovers that the village’s devotion to Matteo is far from benevolent, his attempt to rescue the boy known as the Angel of Remis ignites the community’s vengeful nature.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This premiere has a lot to take care of, introducing new threats while untangling the messy fallout from the season finale.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
17 Sep. 2025
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With the help of resourceful Marie Kreutz (Franka Potente), Bourne evades capture from the CIA — namely data analyst Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles) and Deputy Director Ward Abbott (Brian Cox) — while untangling his involvement in the deadly Operation Treadstone.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Extricate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extricate. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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