extricate
Get someone loose
To extricate is to free something from entanglement or difficulty.
You might extricate a child from a collapsed structure, extricate yourself from an awkward conversation, or extricate a company from debt.
The word implies careful removal from a complicated situation: Firefighters worked to extricate the driver from the wreckage.
She managed to extricate herself from the failing partnership.
Without payment or restriction
- extractConcentrated derived substance
- removeTake something away
- pull outTo withdraw or leave
- dislodgeForce from position
loosen · detach · disengage · unwind · untangle · unravel · unwrap · unhook
Protect from loss
- deliverTransport to recipient
- liberateSet free from captivity
- emancipateGrant freedom to
- freeWithout payment or restriction
retrieve · recover · airlift · evacuate · unshackle · unfetter · unbind · release
Flight from captivity
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
- liberationRelease from constraint
- releaseTo let go
- freedomAbsence of constraint
respite · reprieve · deliverance · alleviation · lightening · easing · disentanglement · resolution
Depart swiftly from threat
- evadeEscape by cunning
- eludeSkillfully avoid capture
- slip awayDepart without detection
- break freeEscape from confinement
getaway · bolt · abscond · exfiltrate · sneak out · wriggle out · scramble · dash
Break free from attachment
- withdrawRemove or pull away
- back outWithdraw from commitment
- untangleUndo knots or confusion
- distanceSpace between two points
step away · separate · cut loose · break away · walk away · opt out · disassociate · decouple
Separate intertwined strands
- untangleUndo knots or confusion
- sort outResolve or organize
- resolveFirmness of purpose
- decipherConvert code to plaintext
work through · simplify · clarify · decode · demystify · dissect · break down · sift through
free
Without payment or restriction
dislodge · loosen · detach · disengage · unwind · untangle · unravel · unwrap · unhook · unfasten
save
Protect from loss
- deliverTransport to recipient
- liberateSet free from captivity
- emancipateGrant freedom to
free · retrieve · recover · airlift · evacuate · unshackle · unfetter · unbind · release · redeem
escape
Flight from captivity
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
- liberationRelease from constraint
- releaseTo let go
freedom · respite · reprieve · deliverance · alleviation · lightening · easing · disentanglement · resolution · clearing
flee
Depart swiftly from threat
break free · getaway · bolt · abscond · exfiltrate · sneak out · wriggle out · scramble · dash · flight
disengage
Break free from attachment
distance · step away · separate · cut loose · break away · walk away · opt out · disassociate · decouple · unburden
unravel
Separate intertwined strands
decipher · work through · simplify · clarify · decode · demystify · dissect · break down · sift through · analyze
- disconnectingdetaching, disconnect, disengaging, detach, disconnecting
- rescuerescue, rescue team, search and rescue, rescue dog, save
- dislodgeremove, shift, budge, loosen, detach
- escapeescape, flee, run away, get away, flight
- pullingpull, tug, yank, drag, haul
- unfasteningunfasten, detach, disconnect, unbuckle, unbutton
inextricable, extricated, extrication, inextricably, extricates, extricating, extrications