"extricate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈɛks.trɪ.keɪt/ Audio: en-us-extricate.ogg [US] Forms: extricate [canonical], extricates [third-person, singular], extricated [past], extricated [past, participle], extricating [present, participle]
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  1. If you extricate someone or something, you free it from a difficult situation.
    Sense id: simple-extricate-en-verb-9YoL1abe
     
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