EXTRICATED Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

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 One person needed to be extricated after they were trapped under a vehicle, The Guardian reported, citing the fire rescue. — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026 Several victims were trapped in the vehicles that were hit by the plane and had to be extricated, Jadallah said. — Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026 The other side counters that politics cannot be so easily extricated from movies or, indeed, from life. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026 On the screen, in a series of daredevil adventures, the actor had extricated himself from a hundred impossible predicaments. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 Crews extricated all four occupants and took them to area hospitals. — Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026 The man, who was successfully extricated from the tank, was conscious as he was brought to the surface, officials said. — Briauna Brown, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Four people were injured in the crash, and one person had to be extricated from one of the vehicles, according to the fire department. — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 9 Aug. 2026 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

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In present day, back on the planet decimated by the Manhunters, John interrogates Sinestro (Ulrich Thomsen) and learns that Noah freed the villain from prison.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Once imprisoned on corruption charges, Lula was freed by the nation's Supreme Court and then defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a heated 2022 election by a razor-thin margin.

— David Unsworth, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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We were taught by a gruff cockney called Fred Waring, who had participated in the D-Day landings in a regiment that had fought its way across Europe towards Berlin and liberated the concentration camp at Belsen.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026
While maybe not what anyone would call a feminist show, Charlie’s Angels did come along right when women were first being liberated on network TV.

— Michael Callahan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

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Lars Eller, the sixth skater, fired a shot from the point that Anaheim goaltender Lukas Dostal saved.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
One of the more useful recommendations from this research is to stop looking only at hours saved and ask instead what the business is now willing and able to attempt.

— Luboslava Uram, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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Pawlikowski’s mother and father, also named Zula and Wiktor, whose unmanageable love had kept them tangled and disentangled for decades, took their own lives in 1989, as the Cold War that had cast its chill upon their time was beginning to thaw.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Systems have to be disentangled, employees moved, contracts rewritten, and corporate functions recreated.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of disentangled

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Four people were rescued and one person remained missing Wednesday night after the crash of a medevac helicopter off Catalina Island, authorities said.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Video released Wednesday morning captured the moments when a Kansas City Police Department detective and a Clay County Sheriff’s deputy rescued a man from a pickup truck that was engulfed in flames.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026

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