extricated

verb

past tense of extricate
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 Members of the fire department and Plymouth County Dive Team eventually extricated Carrara out of the two-seat plane. — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 16 July 2026 The sheriff's office says that deputies and workers extricated the man and attempted life-saving measures, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene. — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 2 July 2026 Russo and Flanagan were pronounced dead after being mechanically extricated from the wreckage, records show. — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026 One of them had to be extricated from the vehicle, according to police. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026 Kupec was extricated from the vehicle after firefighters arrived. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extricated
  1. freed
  2. liberated
  3. saved
  4. disentangled
  5. rescued
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  • An additional 10% could be freed up if the stock closes at least 30% above the IPO price for five of the ten trading days heading into the report.
    — Lora Kolodny,Samantha Subin, CNBC, 21 July 2026
  • After firefighters freed her, paramedics took her to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, where she was pronounced dead.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2026
Definition of freed
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  • At first, Kelela felt liberated by the scene’s sense of freedom.
    — Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
  • Her parents arrived in America with her older sister in 1947 after getting liberated from Auschwitz concentration camp and losing most of their family in the Holocaust.
    — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026
Definition of liberated
Verb
  • Joshua Swisher was presented with the Southlake Police Department’s Meritorious Conduct Award after his actions on June 7 that saved a man’s life, police said in a news release.
    — Mary Ella Hastings July 15, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
  • If this process is unsuccessful and the slowly rolling ball is easily saved, the problem wasn’t necessarily the kick itself.
    — Geir Jordet, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of saved
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  • The unique shape of these events meant that signals from wakes could be more easily disentangled from surrounding noise.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 July 2026
  • On Sunday, June 14, the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) disentangled a relatively small humpback whale after recreational boaters spotted the animal anchored in fishing gear in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary late that morning, CCS said in a press release.
    — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
Definition of disentangled
Verb
  • Awaiting a happy ending Vargas’ team has been able to reunite at least 18 pets rescued in La Guaira with their owners.
    — Anabella Gonzalez, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
  • Ten people were rescued and sent to the hospital, while more than 1,100 people have been relocated.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
Definition of rescued

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