extricable
/'ekstrikəbl/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Capable of being freed or disentangled: Describes something that can be released from a constraint, difficulty, or entanglement.
- Capable of being separated: In a more technical sense, it can describe components that can be isolated or removed from a complex mixture or situation.
Usage
The adjective "extricable" is used to describe a situation, object, or person that is not permanently trapped and from which a release is possible. It is often used in formal or analytical contexts. It is frequently found in the negative form "inextricable" (meaning not able to be freed), which is more common.
Examples
- Adjective:
- The knot was complex but ultimately extricable with patience.
- The scientist believed the pure compound was extricable from the solution.
- Their financial problems were severe but still extricable with the right plan.
Advanced Usage
- "extricable from": Used to specify the situation or entanglement from which something can be freed.
- The truth was extricable from the web of lies.
- Often used in formal analysis or problem-solving to assess feasibility.
- The report assessed whether the company's assets were extricable from its liabilities.
Variants and Related Words
- Extricate (verb): To free or release from a constraint or difficulty.
- The firefighters worked to extricate the driver from the wreckage.
- Extrication (noun): The act of freeing or the state of being freed.
- The extrication of the hostages was a delicate operation.
- Inextricable (adj): The more common antonym, meaning impossible to disentangle or separate.
- The two issues are inextricably linked.
Synonyms
- Separable: Capable of being divided or disconnected.
- Detachable: Capable of being removed or unfastened.
- Solvable: (Of a problem) capable of being solved or resolved.
Antonyms
- Inextricable: Impossible to disentangle or separate.
- Inextricably (adv): In a manner that cannot be separated.
- Irretrievable: Not able to be recovered or retrieved.
Adjective
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capable of being extricated
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