extricate
verb
1 extricate
Release from entanglement of difficulty:
— I cannot extricate myself from this task.
synonyms: disencumber, disentangle, untangle.
Roget 672:
deliver,
extricate,
rescue,
save,
emancipate,
redeem,
ransom;
bring off,
bring through;
tirer d'affaire [Fr.],
get the wheel out of the rut,
snatch from the jaws of death,
come to the rescue;
rid;
retrieve
etc.
(restore)
660;
be rid of,
get rid of.
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Roget 705:
be easy
etc.
adj.;
go on smoothly,
run smoothly;
have full play
etc.
n.;
go on all fours,
run on all fours;
obey the helm,
work well.
flow with the stream,
swim with the stream,
drift with the stream,
go with the stream,
flow with the tide,
drift with the tide;
see one's way;
have all one's own way,
have the game in one's own hands;
walk over the course,
win at a canter;
make light of,
make nothing of,
make no bones of.
be at home in,
make it look easy,
do it with one's eyes closed,
do it in one's sleep
etc.
(skillful)
698.
render easy
etc.
adj.;
facilitate,
smooth,
ease;
popularize;
lighten,
lighten the labor;
free,
clear;
disencumber,
disembarrass,
disentangle,
disengage;
deobstruct†,
unclog,
extricate,
unravel;
untie the knot,
cut the knot;
disburden,
unload,
exonerate,
emancipate,
free from,
deoppilate†;
humor
etc.
(aid)
707;
lubricate
etc.
332;
relieve
etc.
834.
leave a hole to creep out of,
leave a loophole,
leave the matter open;
give the reins to,
give full play,
give full swing;
make way for;
open the door to,
open the way,
prepare the ground,
smooth the ground,
clear the ground,
open the way,
open the path,
open the road;
pave the way,
bridge over;
permit
etc.
760.
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Roget 301:
extract,
draw;
take out,
draw out,
pull out,
tear out,
pluck out,
pick out,
get out;
wring from,
wrench;
extort;
root up,
weed up,
grub up,
rake up,
root out,
weed out,
grub out,
rake out;
eradicate;
pull up by the roots,
pluck up by the roots;
averruncate†;
unroot†;
uproot,
pull up,
extirpate,
dredge.
remove;
educe,
elicit;
evolve,
extricate;
eliminate
etc.
(eject)
297;
eviscerate
etc.
297.
express,
squeeze out,
press out.
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Roget 750:
liberate,
free;
set free,
set clear,
set at liberty;
render free,
emancipate,
release;
enfranchise,
affranchise†;
manumit;
enlarge;
disband,
discharge,
disenthrall,
disenthral,
dismiss;
let go,
let loose,
loose,
let out,
let slip;
cast adrift,
turn adrift;
deliver
etc.
672;
absolve
etc.
(acquit)
970.
unfetter
etc.
751,
untie
etc.
43;
loose
etc.
(disjoin)
44;
loosen,
relax;
unbolt,
unbar,
unclose,
uncork,
unclog,
unhand,
unbind,
unchain,
unharness,
unleash;
disengage,
disentangle;
clear,
extricate,
unloose.
gain one's liberty,
obtain one's liberty,
acquire one's liberty
etc.
748;
get rid of,
get clear of;
deliver oneself from;
shake off the yoke,
slip the collar;
break loose,
break prison;
tear asunder one's bonds,
cast off trammels;
escape
etc.
671.
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Dutch: ontwarren, bevrijden, loswerken
Moby thesaurus: avulse, break loose, break out, clear, cut loose, cut out, deliver, deracinate, dig out, dig up, disburden, disembarrass, disembroil, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, disinvolve, dislodge, draw, draw out, dredge, dredge up, eradicate, evolve, evulse, excavate, excise, exsect, extract, free, free up, get out, gouge out, grub up, liberate, mine, pick out, pluck out, pluck up, pull, pull out, pull up, quarry, rake out, ransom, recover, redeem, release, remove, rescue, retrieve, rip out, root out, root up, salvage, save, set free, take out, tear loose, tear out, unclutter, unearth, unknot, unravel, unscramble, unsnarl, untangle, uproot, weed out, withdraw, wrest out ... show more.
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