extricate

• Verb, das die Handlung bezeichnet, jemanden oder etwas aus einer schwierigen, verworrenen oder bedrängten Lage zu befreien, herauszulösen oder zu entwirren.

A verb used to indicate the act of freeing, releasing, or disentangling someone or something from a difficult, complicated, or restrictive situation.

1. Free from entanglementC1formal

   To free or release someone or something from a difficult, complicated, or entangled situation.

   Befreien

   • The rescue team managed to extricate the driver from the wrecked car.
   • She tried to extricate herself from the complicated legal dispute.
   • He carefully extricated the tangled fishing line from the branches.

   Synonymedeliverdisengagedisentangleextractfreeliberatereleaserescueunlooseuntangle

   Antonymeenmeshensnareentangleimplicatetrap

2. Remove with difficultyC1formal

   To remove something from a place where it is stuck or trapped.

   Mit Mühe herauslösen

   • The surgeon extricated the splinter from the patient's hand.
   • They extricated the stuck key from the lock using tweezers.
   • The archaeologists extricated the ancient artifact from the soil.

   Synonymedisengagedisentangledislodgeextractfreereleasewithdraw

   Antonymeenmeshensnareentangleimprisontrap