extricated

verb

past tense of extricate
as in freed
to set free from entanglement or difficulty you've woven such a web of lies that it's hard to see how you can extricate yourself now

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Recent Examples of extricated The driver had to be extricated from the vehicle and died at the scene, police said. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026 Ballard was unconscious at the scene of the crash in Topeka and had to be extricated from his vehicle, a 2024 Ford F-150 pickup truck. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026 Two of the people in the vehicle were found to have significant, life-threatening injuries, while also needing to be extricated, police said. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026 One person needed to be extricated after they were trapped under a vehicle, The Guardian reported, citing the fire rescue. — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026 Several victims were trapped in the vehicles that were hit by the plane and had to be extricated, Jadallah said. — Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026 The other side counters that politics cannot be so easily extricated from movies or, indeed, from life. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026 On the screen, in a series of daredevil adventures, the actor had extricated himself from a hundred impossible predicaments. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 Crews extricated all four occupants and took them to area hospitals. — Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extricated
  1. freed
  2. liberated
  3. saved
  4. disentangled
  5. rescued
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  • In present day, back on the planet decimated by the Manhunters, John interrogates Sinestro (Ulrich Thomsen) and learns that Noah freed the villain from prison.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Once imprisoned on corruption charges, Lula was freed by the nation's Supreme Court and then defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a heated 2022 election by a razor-thin margin.
    — David Unsworth, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of freed
Verb
  • We were taught by a gruff cockney called Fred Waring, who had participated in the D-Day landings in a regiment that had fought its way across Europe towards Berlin and liberated the concentration camp at Belsen.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026
  • While maybe not what anyone would call a feminist show, Charlie’s Angels did come along right when women were first being liberated on network TV.
    — Michael Callahan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of liberated
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  • Lars Eller, the sixth skater, fired a shot from the point that Anaheim goaltender Lukas Dostal saved.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
  • One of the more useful recommendations from this research is to stop looking only at hours saved and ask instead what the business is now willing and able to attempt.
    — Luboslava Uram, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of saved
Verb
  • Pawlikowski’s mother and father, also named Zula and Wiktor, whose unmanageable love had kept them tangled and disentangled for decades, took their own lives in 1989, as the Cold War that had cast its chill upon their time was beginning to thaw.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Systems have to be disentangled, employees moved, contracts rewritten, and corporate functions recreated.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of disentangled
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  • The Navy has reported that there were eight suicide attempts aboard the carrier during the deployment, including one sailor who jumped overboard and was later rescued.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Once inside, two people described as older adults were rescued from the home.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of rescued

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“Extricated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extricated. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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