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extricate: Meaning and Definition of
ex•tri•cate
Pronunciation: (ek'stri-kāt"), [key] — -cat•ed, -cat•ing.
- to free or release from entanglement; disengage: to extricate someone from a dangerous situation.
- to liberate (gas) from combination, as in a chemical process.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.