as in frees
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 extricates
With a daintiness at odds with its 120 kilos, the bear extricates its wrist from the tie and calmly takes its leave.
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Ganesh Marín, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
Ganesh Marín, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extricates
Verb
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You could be pulled toward someone who feels familiar on a soul level, or experience closure that finally frees your heart.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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This collaboration is with FIFA rather than individual soccer federations, which frees up Adidas to represent Argentina, Mexico, Portugal and France — only two of which are actually signed with the German brand — through this quartet of Sambas.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Prize is technically a financial award, not a grant, which liberates recipients to dream, pause, pivot, or scale on their own terms.—
Afdhel Aziz,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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This liberates the show from the crime-investigation-arrest plot arc typical of this genre without robbing it of suspense.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Kober said the program saves the department money in the long term.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
3 Nov. 2025
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Hamida discovers the newborn still attached to her corpse by umbilical cord and saves him, breastfeeding and caring for the infant as her own.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But a leader who disengages with clarity shows both authority and care.—
Mark Murphy,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Just before the slope, I-See engages Eco-Roll, which disengages the driveline and lets the truck roll for the optimum period before re-engaging the driveline.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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Earnify also redeems users on points to use inside convenient stores and gas stations, for all your road trip snack needs.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Portrayed throughout the season as an unholy fool of sorts, free of malice and premeditation and utterly harmless once properly medicated, Ed redeems himself to a certain extent.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Extricates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extricates. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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