extricate
pronunciation
How to pronounce extricate in British English:
UK [ˈekstrɪkeɪt]
How to pronounce extricate in American English:
US [ˈekstrɪkeɪt]
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- Verb:
- release from entanglement of difficulty
Word Origin
- extricate
- extricate: see trick
- extricate (v.)
- 1610s, from Latin extricatus, past participle of extricare "disentangle," figuratively "clear up, unravel," perhaps from ex- "out of" + tricae (plural) "perplexities, hindrances," which is of unknown origin. Related: Extricated; extricating.
Example
- 1. It is not clear how she will extricate herself from the mess .
- 2. He said he had hoped he would be able to extricate himself from the scheme when the markets recovered but instead just got deeper in .
- 3. New york - the nasdaq 100 index surged in wednesday trading after positive earnings news from intel , coca-cola , jpmorgan chase , and others sparked hope the economy may soon extricate itself from the prolonged credit crunch .
- 4. The alternative is that the us government will take control of citigroup to stop it becoming a 1990s japanese-style zombie bank , drifting from crisis to crisis with inadequate capital , unable to extricate itself from a swamp of bad loans and toxic securities .