as in freed
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 extricated
The Camry then caught fire, and after the fire was put out, the driver, an adult male, was extricated from the wreck and pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
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Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Responders put out the fire and extricated the driver from the vehicle.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
The department said in its release that both people on board were taken to the hospital in serious condition after being extricated from the structure.
—J. Staas Haught, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
Emergency personnel who responded to the scene extricated both the driver and the passenger of the Jeep, but neither could be revived.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Two people suffered serious injuries and were extricated by firefighters.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2026
Hughes had to be extricated and was airlifted to a Chicago hospital after the crash.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
The driver of that vehicle, Grace Owen, had to be extricated from her car with the jaws of life, her lawyer told the Herald.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Responders put out the fire and extricated the driver from the vehicle.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
The department said in its release that both people on board were taken to the hospital in serious condition after being extricated from the structure.
—J. Staas Haught, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
Emergency personnel who responded to the scene extricated both the driver and the passenger of the Jeep, but neither could be revived.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Two people suffered serious injuries and were extricated by firefighters.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2026
Hughes had to be extricated and was airlifted to a Chicago hospital after the crash.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
The driver of that vehicle, Grace Owen, had to be extricated from her car with the jaws of life, her lawyer told the Herald.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extricated
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He was freed from jail on March 31, after posting $190,000 through a bond company, court records show.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Law enforcement freed him after consulting with prosecutors who recommended against filing charges at this time, with investigations underway.—
Corey Williams,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Igra and her mother were still living there when Russian and Cossack forces liberated them, as Igra said during her Eskaton talk.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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Maybe the mere fact of having been born illustrious, with no apparent faults, with nothing to prove or to be ashamed of, had liberated John from the resentments the rest of us feel, and from the cunning and ambition such resentments fuel.—
Jeffrey Eugenides,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Watkins said the teen had saved money from working at McDonald's and bought the car from someone in the neighborhood, unaware it had been reported stolen.—
Ash-har Quraishi,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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RapidSOS provided Manchester Dispatch with high-accuracy GPS coordinates that put rescuers within feet of the victim in subzero conditions, enabling a grueling multi-agency carry-down operation that saved the hiker’s life.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
15 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Veterinarians then assessed whether Meatloaf could be safely disentangled in the water or needed to be brought in for further care, Jaros said.—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Provocative journalist and interviewer of the powerful There were those for whom art could not be disentangled from life, whose creations, often read as confessions, were intrinsically connected to their identities.—
Amisha Padnani,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The son jumped from the roof of the home to a neighboring building, where he was rescued by firefighters on a ladder truck, Cruz said.—
Mike Darnay,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The contract, Manson notes, almost certainly rescued an otherwise ailing Palantir from corporate oblivion.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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