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 driver was extricated from the vehicle by first responders and taken to the hospital in critical condition, the statement said.
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Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
The Subaru driver, identified as 63-year-old Shari Sirkin of Stratford, was extricated by the Oxford Fire Department and transported to Waterbury Hospital by Oxford EMS where she was pronounced dead, according to state police.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2026
Everyone in the vehicle suffered serious injuries and had to be extricated from the vehicle.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
One woman suffered serious injuries and had to be extricated after being pinned inside the wreckage.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
Brown watched as the man was extricated from the car and taken — alive — to the hospital.
—Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 17 Dec. 2025
Field-sobriety tests were not conducted at the crash scene because Blair had to be extricated from his SUV and transported to Regions Hospital for medical care.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 4 Dec. 2025
This president, like his predecessors, has not extricated Washington from the Middle East.
—Ray Takeyh, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025
Muza, 44, was extricated from his vehicle and taken to a hospital with what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
—Emerson Clarridge
updated November 10, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Nov. 2025
Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
The Subaru driver, identified as 63-year-old Shari Sirkin of Stratford, was extricated by the Oxford Fire Department and transported to Waterbury Hospital by Oxford EMS where she was pronounced dead, according to state police.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2026
Everyone in the vehicle suffered serious injuries and had to be extricated from the vehicle.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
One woman suffered serious injuries and had to be extricated after being pinned inside the wreckage.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
Brown watched as the man was extricated from the car and taken — alive — to the hospital.
—Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 17 Dec. 2025
Field-sobriety tests were not conducted at the crash scene because Blair had to be extricated from his SUV and transported to Regions Hospital for medical care.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 4 Dec. 2025
This president, like his predecessors, has not extricated Washington from the Middle East.
—Ray Takeyh, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025
Muza, 44, was extricated from his vehicle and taken to a hospital with what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
—Emerson Clarridge
updated November 10, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extricated
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Jorge Rodríguez, recently ratified as leader of the national parliament, avoided referring to those being freed as political prisoners and said that the releases were taking place simultaneously to his announcement, made at noon on Thursday.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2026
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Following the announcement by Rodríguez, the Spanish Foreign Ministry confirmed that five Spaniards – one of whom has dual citizenship – had been freed and were flying back to Spain.—
Uriel Blanco,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Those who liberated Damascus write the Syrian success story the way American success stories are written.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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The moments when the frame feels as liberated as its characters hope to are few and far between.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
15 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Orchids likely can't be saved if crown rot is causing the wilting.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Jan. 2026
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Edunomics Lab, a research center that focuses on education finances, says 85% to 95% of the money saved when closing schools comes from labor costs.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
14 Jan. 2026
Verb
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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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No Spotify or Netflix exists for literature, where (other than with some exceptions, such as for vinyl collectors) the medium and the message are more easily disentangled, but the codex has endured for two millennia whereas the CD and the DVD lasted barely two decades.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Nov. 2025
Verb
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In December 2023 on northern Minnesota’s Upper Red Lake, 122 people were rescued after a small crack turned into a 30-foot gap of open water.—
Stephanie Pearson,
Outside,
14 Jan. 2026
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Hope rescued Zeppelin after he had been hit by a truck and added him to her pack after his recovery.—
Yamillah Hurtado,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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