Dictionary Entry
extricate
extricate is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To free, as from difficulties or perplexities; to disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to extricate a person from debt, peril, etc. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 19 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To free, as from difficulties or perplexities; to disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to extricate a person from debt, peril, etc.
- 2transitive verb
To cause to be emitted or evolved; as, to extricate heat or moisture.
- 3verb
release from entanglement of difficulty
"I cannot extricate myself from this task"
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