Verb: extricate 'ek-stru,keyt
- Free from a complicated or confusing situation
"I cannot extricate myself from this task";
- untangle, disentangle, disencumber [archaic], disinvolve [rare], disembroil [archaic]
- Free or remove from a physically confined or restricted space
"He extricated himself from the wrecked car"; "They extricated the cat from behind the radiator"
Derived forms: extricated, extricates, extricating
Type of: discharge, disengage, free
Encyclopedia: Extricate