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extricate

verb/ˈek.strəˌkeɪt/

to free from a trap, difficulty, or entanglement

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extricate in a sentence

The climber struggled to extricate her boot from the narrow crack.

Firefighters extricated the driver from the crushed vehicle.

Where it comes from

From Latin extricare, meaning 'to disentangle.'

Memory hook

EXTRICATE begins like 'exit': to extricate is to find an exit from trouble.

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