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 Firefighters then extricated the patient and transported them to the main trauma center as a trauma alert. — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 18 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 Sacramento Fire Department crews extricated the truck driver, who was trapped in the wreckage. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 27 July 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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But Inuma said his family still does not feel safe and fears what could happen if those convicted were eventually freed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
Firefighters eventually freed the bear, which escaped into nearby Pike National Forest before wildlife officials could relocate it.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of freed

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Julie Klausner would like comedy liberated from the phone and returned to the sitcom.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
Sherman, liberated by her own ambition but also her platform at Puck, which is seen as less beholden to luxury advertisers, pays no mind to such agreements.

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of liberated

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Systems have to be disentangled, employees moved, contracts rewritten, and corporate functions recreated.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
To pretend that a cover is merely incidental is to ignore how much of literature is extraliterary, as if consciousness can be easily disentangled from the body.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of disentangled

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Two crew members from the cargo ship MV Ocean Winner were rescued late Saturday while three ships were deployed to conduct surface searches for the remaining crew members in a joint operation by the Indian Coast Guard and Indian Navy.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Climbers of the 12,388 feet-tall (3,776 meters) volcano have had to be rescued after suffering altitude sickness in the past.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026

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