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
They were both taken to a local hospital after being extricated from the plane.
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Kerri Corrado, CBS News, 2 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
Two people, one in each vehicle, were extricated from the wreck.
—Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Jan. 2026
Kerri Corrado, CBS News, 2 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
Two people, one in each vehicle, were extricated from the wreck.
—Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extricated
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Kittleson was freed in the afternoon, said the official, who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment publicly.—
Qassim Abdul-Zahra,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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The day after his arrest, a Suffolk County district judge freed Corte-Corte on supervised release with a GPS monitor, the New York Post reported.—
Greg Norman-Diamond,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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Rosa hid both Sam and his sister Sara in the camp until they were deported in 1944 to the Częstochowa concentration camp in Poland, where Rosa again hid both Sam and his sister until the Soviet Army liberated the camp in 1945.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Or, perhaps the dust liberated by the jets is falling back onto the comet, covering those ices in an insulating layer that prevents the ices from being heated by the sun and sublimating as quickly.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Medics rushed Nyron to Brookdale University Hospital, but he could not be saved, cops said.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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His low throw was dug out of the dirt by first baseman Max Farrell, who tagged the base for the ou and saved the official scorer on whether to rule a hit or an error.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 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
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The filing underscores the administration’s position that immigration enforcement and foreign policy decisions cannot be disentangled from national security concerns and that all of those are solely under the federal government’s purview.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Jan. 2026
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Long Beach Aquarium officials are asking the public to help raise funding for Meatloaf, a 200-pound sea turtle that was rescued from the San Gabriel River in January.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Other animals were rescued from cruel or unhealthy situations.—
Amanda Rosa
April 9,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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