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Extricate

🔄 Synonyms of "Extricate"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
disentangleverb	(transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.
untangleverb	(transitive) To remove tangles or knots from.
disencumberverb	(transitive) To remove an encumbrance or burden from (someone or something); unburden.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Extricate"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
disentangleverb	(transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.
untangleverb	(transitive) To remove tangles or knots from.
disencumberverb	(transitive) To remove an encumbrance or burden from (someone or something); unburden.
unlockverb	(transitive) To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.
unleashverb	(figurative) To let go; to release.
detachverb	(transitive) To take apart from; to take off.
decoupleverb	(ambitransitive) To unlink; to take apart or come apart.
releaseverb	(software) The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
removeverb	(transitive) To delete.
liberateverb	(transitive) To set free, to make or allow to be free, particularly
emancipateverb	(transitive) To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate.
exitverb	(intransitive) To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.
eradicateverb	(transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
escapeverb	(intransitive) To get free; to free oneself.
ridverb	(transitive) (also reflexive) Followed by of: to free (oneself or someone, or a place) from an annoyance or hindrance.
leaveverb	(transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
uprootverb	(transitive) (figuratively) To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.
breakverb	(ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
waiveverb	(transitive, law) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.
relieveverb	(transitive) To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.