Synonyms for extricate
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Verb
1. Disentangle — to free, disengage, loosen, or untangle
disentangle, liberate, untangle, disengage, rescue, unravel, set free, free, deliver, clear, release, evolve, disembarrass, disencumber, emancipate, absolve, ransom, unloose
Definitions
- v. 1
To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.
I finally managed to extricate myself from the tight jacket.
Related words
- Word family
- extrication
Forms
- Past participle
- extricated
e.g. extricated → disentangled, liberated, untangled, disengaged…
Example sentences
- liberate Work doesn't liberate, it eventually makes you tired.
- disengage He had a hard time to disengage himself from the gang.
- untangle It took Tom ages to untangle his fishing line.
- disentangle I'm not sure what's the best way to disentangle this.
- extirpate This thing is necessary to extirpate the evil of the world.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| extricate | steady | |
| liberate | steady | |
| disengage | rising | |
| untangle | rising | |
| disentangle | rising | |
| extirpate | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- free1
- 5 letters
- clear1
- 6 letters
- rescue2, evolve2, ransom2
- 7 letters
- release2, deliver3, unravel3, absolve2, unloose
- 8 letters
- liberate3, untangle3, unthread
- 9 letters
- disengage3, extirpate3
- 10 letters
- emancipate4
- 11 letters
- disentangle4, disencumber
- 12 letters
- disembarrass
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rescue2 = 2 syllables).