Definition of Extricate
Extricate
ex·tri·cate


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(verb)
To free or release from a difficult or complicated situation.

e.g. The rescue team worked to extricate the trapped hikers from the cave.

(verb)
to resolve the complexity, intricacy, or obscurity of something, or to distinguish related things/elements from each other;

e.g. She was finally able to extricate the fine details of what had happened.



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