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extricate

verb

  1. to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɛks.tɹɪ.keɪt/

verb

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin extrīcātus, past participle of extrīcō. Compare intricate.

  1. To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.

    I finally managed to extricate myself from the tight jacket.

    The firefighters had to use the jaws of life to extricate Monica from the car wreck.

  2. To free from intricacies or perplexity.

    Your argumentation ... is invelloped with certain intricacies, that are not easie to be extricated.