extricate

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de libérer, dégager ou démêler quelqu'un ou quelque chose d'une situation complexe, enchevêtrée ou contraignante.

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.

   Dégager de difficultés

   • 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.

   Synonymesdeliverdisengagedisentangleextractfreeliberatereleaserescueunlooseuntangle

   Antonymesenmeshensnareentangleimplicatetrap

2. Remove with difficultyC1formal

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

   Dégager avec difficulté

   • 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.

   Synonymesdisengagedisentangledislodgeextractfreereleasewithdraw

   Antonymesenmeshensnareentangleimprisontrap