extricated
Pulled oneself loose
Extricated is the past tense of extricate, meaning to free from entanglement or difficulty.
The word suggests careful removal from a complicated situation: Firefighters extricated the driver from the wreckage.
It works for physical and figurative predicaments alike: She finally extricated herself from the conversation.
Freed from a load
- relievedNo longer anxious
- releasedSet free from confinement
- freedReleased from confinement
- escapedGot away from confinement
liberated · unshackled · unfettered · unchained · emancipated · delivered · disentangled · detached
Made free from snarls
- unraveledCame undone or solved
- untangledSeparated what was knotted
- freedReleased from confinement
- loosenedMade less tight
detached · dislodged · separated · extracted · disengaged · removed · unwedged · unstuck
Declared legally innocent
- clearedFound not guilty
- absolvedFreed from guilt
- exoneratedCleared of wrongdoing
- pardonedFormally forgiven for offense
vindicated · discharged · released · exempted · reprieved · off the hook · let off · dismissed
Kept from loss
- rescuedFreed from danger
- recoveredReturned to normal state
- evacuatedWithdrew from danger
- pulled outRemoved or exited
liberated · delivered · retrieved · airlifted · plucked · carried out · medevac · extraction
Difficult to understand
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
- knottyComplex and difficult
- thornyHaving sharp protrusions
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
messy · tricky · complex · sticky situation · predicament · quagmire · entanglement · morass
unburdened
Freed from a load
escaped · liberated · unshackled · unfettered · unchained · emancipated · delivered · disentangled · detached · disengaged
disentangled
Made free from snarls
loosened · detached · dislodged · separated · extracted · disengaged · removed · unwedged · unstuck · prised
acquitted
Declared legally innocent
- clearedFound not guilty
- absolvedFreed from guilt
- exoneratedCleared of wrongdoing
pardoned · vindicated · discharged · released · exempted · reprieved · off the hook · let off · dismissed · freed
saved
Kept from loss
pulled out · liberated · delivered · retrieved · airlifted · plucked · carried out · medevac · extraction · survival
complicated
Difficult to understand
convoluted · messy · tricky · complex · sticky situation · predicament · quagmire · entanglement · morass · bind
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