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 had to be extricated and was taken to a hospital with unknown injuries, DPS officials added.
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Michelle Cruz, AZCentral.com, 9 Oct. 2025
He was extricated from his car and flown to Froedtert Hospital by Flight for Life.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Emergency crews extricated the man from the truck and transported him to a hospital.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Vargas was trapped and had to be extricated by first responders.
—Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Rotert says one person had to be extricated from the vehicle.
—Fox19 Staff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 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
Michelle Cruz, AZCentral.com, 9 Oct. 2025
He was extricated from his car and flown to Froedtert Hospital by Flight for Life.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Emergency crews extricated the man from the truck and transported him to a hospital.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Vargas was trapped and had to be extricated by first responders.
—Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Rotert says one person had to be extricated from the vehicle.
—Fox19 Staff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extricated
Verb
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Rhamondre Stevenson continues to run hard, freed (for now) from the demons that followed his fumbling issues early in the season.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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Under his leadership, the project freed 40 innocent people from prison, including former NFL player Brian Banks.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Oct. 2025
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Millions remain far from liberated from economic pressure, and few of us feel burdened by an excess of free time.—
Arianna Huffington,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Warsaw doctors likewise wrote about patients whose hearts failed after they were fed; when Allied soldiers liberated the concentration camps, large numbers of emaciated people died after being given high-calorie foods such as chocolate.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Recently, Overbey saved money stocking up on organic chocolate bars and sparkling waters while shopping on an overstock site.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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Later in the first round Baltimore drafted Lamar Jackson, the sort of generational talent who very likely would have saved Grier’s job.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Tricia Mpisi, a South African influencer who attended an early screening of Wicked in 2024, detailed how Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande rescued her from an unfortunate incident in which a glass of champagne spilled all over her.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Nov. 2025
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Mitzi was one of 26 dogs and puppies who were rescued from a backyard breeder.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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