extricating

Meanings

• the act of freeing someone or something from a difficult or dangerous situation

  - "The firefighters managed to extricate the trapped hiker."
  - "During the burglary, the homeowner was able to extricate himself and his family from the house and call the police."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with extricating
arrange , assort , arrangement , assemble , assemblement , assembly , disassemble , disassemblement , disassembly , emsemble , ensemblement , ensemble

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Homophones

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1. extract (en) : To remove or obtain something, especially a substance, from a source, often using force or chemical reactions.
   

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Variants

List of all variants of extricating that leads to same result
extricable , extricate , extricated , extricates , extricating , extrication , extrications

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'to draw out, to extract', from the Latin 'extrahere'. Over time, the meaning of 'extricate' evolved to specifically mean 'to free someone or something from a difficult or dangerous situation'.

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Trivia

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1. {"question"=>"What is the origin of the word 'extricate'?", "answer"=>"The word 'extricate' originated from the Latin word 'extrahere', which means 'to draw out, to extract'."}

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