Definition of "extricate" in English

verb

1. (transitive) 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. (rare) To free from intricacies or perplexity.

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