Synonyms for extrication
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All synonyms
Noun
1. Untangling
Other
rescue, removal, deliverance, liberation, disengagement, release, delivery, freeing
Definitions
- n. 1
The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.
Forms
- Plural
- extrications → untanglings, disentanglements, rescues, removals…
Example sentences
- rescue I came near being drowned, trying to rescue a boy.
- removal Early removal of the placenta is very dangerous.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| extrication | rising | |
| disentanglement | rising | |
| rescue | rising | |
| removal | falling | |
| deliverance | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- rescue2
- 7 letters
- release2, removal3, freeing2
- 8 letters
- delivery4
- 10 letters
- liberation4, untangling3
- 11 letters
- deliverance4
- 13 letters
- disengagement4
- 15 letters
- disentanglement
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rescue2 = 2 syllables).