extricate
extricate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To cause to be emitted or evolved; as, to extricate heat or moisture.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- disembarrass
- disengage
- evolve
- liberate
- relieve
- set free
- to disentangle
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- absolution
- absolve
- acquire
- acquit
- acquittal
- acquittance
- adrift
- affranchise
- affranchisement
- asunder
- break
- bring
- cast
- clear
- collar
- come
- death
- deliver
- deliverance
- delivery
- disband
- discharge
- disengage
- disengagement
- disentangle
- disenthrall
- disenthrallment
- disjoin
- dismiss
- dismissal
- emancipate
- emancipation
- enfranchise
- enfranchisement
- enlarge
- enlargement
- escape
- extricable
- extrication
- free
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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