extricates
Pulls someone loose
Extricates is the third-person singular form of extricate, meaning to free from entanglement or difficulty.
The word suggests careful, often laborious removal from a complicated situation—whether physical or abstract: The firefighter extricates the trapped driver from the wreckage.
Someone extricates themselves from a bad relationship, a failed business venture, or an awkward conversation.
Frees from complication
- untanglesSeparates what's knotted
- unravelsSeparates twisted strands
- loosensDecreases tightness or tension
- detachesRemoves from connection
dislodges · removes · unsticks · unhooks · unfastens · unwedges · wrests · disengages
Avoids by cunning
- eludesEscapes from skillfully
- slips awayDeparts unnoticed, gradually
- gets outLeaves or escapes
- withdrawsPulls out or removes
breaks free · retreats · disengages · dodges · sidesteps · avoids · escapes · backs out
disentangles
Frees from complication
- untanglesSeparates what's knotted
- unravelsSeparates twisted strands
- loosensDecreases tightness or tension
detaches · dislodges · removes · unsticks · unhooks · unfastens · unwedges · wrests · disengages · separates
evades
Avoids by cunning
- eludesEscapes from skillfully
- slips awayDeparts unnoticed, gradually
- gets outLeaves or escapes
breaks free · withdraws · retreats · disengages · dodges · sidesteps · avoids · escapes · backs out
entanglement
State of being intertwined
- quagmireSoft, wet ground
- morassSwampy, confusing situation
- predicamentDifficult, unpleasant situation
dilemma · conundrum · bind · jam · mess · pickle · fix · tangle · snarl · knot
saves
Stores or rescues
liberates · delivers · frees · releases · evacuates · salvages · aids · assists · lifeline · emergency
extricatescomplicates
Makes more difficult
muddles · snarls · confuses · knots · convolutes
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