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noun
The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Rescue of a trapped person in a vehicle or machinery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: public safety
Topics: emergency-medicine, medicine, sciences
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noun
The act of sending out or evolving.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: unsnarling, untangling, disentanglement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: liberation, release, freeing
History
Etymology tree English extricate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English extrication From extricate + -ion.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
