| 单词 | extrication |
| 释义 | extrication (once / 31104 pages) n Extrication is when you set someone or something free. If your dog gets tangled in your neighbor's hammock, she might require some extrication. The act of getting someone out of a physically tangled or otherwise complicated situation is extrication. When you unwind the yarn your cat is twisted in, that's extrication. And when you get your friend out of a complicated legal situation, that's also extrication. When you get yourself out of a difficult or awkward circumstance, that's also extrication. The Latin root is extricare, from ex, "out," and tricae, "perplexities or hindrances." WORD FAMILYextrication: extrications+/extricable: inextricable/extricate: extricable, extricated, extricates, extricating, extrication/inextricable: inextricably USAGE EXAMPLESResponding firefighters used extrication techniques to clear debris from around Richard so first responders could render aid. Washington Times(Nov 29, 2016) With Obama's assumption to power came with it America's lack of resolve and desire for the extrication of forces from the Middle East. US News(Sep 09, 2016) Uhl says extrication equipment and a helicopter, which transported one person to Missoula, had been dispatched to the scene. Washington Times(Aug 11, 2016) n the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition Syn|Hyper disentanglement, unsnarling, untangling freeing, liberation, release the act of liberating someone or something |
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