extrication

/,ekstri'keiʃn/

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Word: Extrication

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: Extrication is the act of freeing or releasing something or someone from a difficult or tangled situation. Imagine trying to untangle a knot in your shoelaces; once you get it free, you have extricated it.

Usage Instructions:

• Use "extrication" when you want to talk about getting someone or something out of a tricky or complicated situation.
• It is often used in contexts where there is a physical entrapment, like a car accident, but can also refer to emotional or metaphorical situations.

Example Sentence:

• The firefighters worked quickly to ensure the extrication of the driver trapped in the car after the accident.

Advanced Usage:

• In legal terms, extrication can refer to the process of getting someone out of a legal bind or difficult circumstance.

Word Variants:

• Extricate (verb): To free or release someone or something from a difficult situation.

  • Example: They had to extricate the cat from the tree.

• Extricable (adjective): Able to be freed or released.

  • Example: The situation was extricable with a little effort.

Different Meanings:

• While "extrication" primarily refers to physical and metaphorical freeing, it can also be used in a broader sense to describe resolving complicated problems or situations.

Synonyms:

• Release
• Liberation
• Rescue
• Escape
• Unraveling

Idioms/Phrasal Verbs:

• "Get out of a jam": This idiom means to extricate oneself from a difficult situation.

  • Example: She managed to get out of a jam when her friend lent her money.

• "Untangle the mess": A phrase that means to sort out a complicated situation, similar to extrication.

  • Example: The manager had to untangle the mess left by the previous team.

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Noun

1. the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition

Synonyms

• unsnarling
• untangling
• disentanglement