Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of extricating, or the state of being extricated; a freeing from impediments or embarrassments; disentanglement.
  • noun The act or process of setting loose or free; an evolving: as, the extrication of heat or moisture from a substance.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.
  • noun The act of sending out or evolving.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.
  • noun public safety Rescue of a trapped person in vehicle or machinery
  • noun The act of sending out or evolving.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition

Etymologies

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extricate +‎ -tion

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Examples

  • The rest were concerned with flooded basements, stuck elevators, rescue calls, and "extrication" - i.e., getting cats out of trees.

    I'm A Stranger Here Myself Bryson, Bill 1999

  • And so the novel charts Polly’s slow, painful extrication from the suffocating coils of family happiness, or at least from the kind of picture-book happiness that she, and she alone, is expected to produce with unfailing perfection.

    Family Happiness « Tales from the Reading Room 2008

  • And so the novel charts Polly’s slow, painful extrication from the suffocating coils of family happiness, or at least from the kind of picture-book happiness that she, and she alone, is expected to produce with unfailing perfection.

    2008 October « Tales from the Reading Room 2008

  • 'And her extrication is to be a certainty to me, that this has really happened?'

    The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete John Forster 1844

  • In his incomparable recollection of the American "extrication" from Vietnam his word former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger writes that the promise of "Vietnamization" served to confirm Hanoi "in its course of waiting us out."

    Petraeus and Obama's Uncertain Trumpet 2010

  • He estimates that $40,000 in loose equipment will be needed for the truck, including hoses and hand tools such as extrication tools and breathing apparatuses.

    greatfallstribune.com - SPORTS 2010

  • They all quickly cut to my awkward extrication from this clown car, but I could have cared less.

    Welcome to My World Johnny Weir 2011

  • Arab-Israeli peace will not stabilize Afghanistan or facilitate an extrication of U.S. forces from there.

    Five myths about Middle East peace Aaron David Miller 2010

  • They all quickly cut to my awkward extrication from this clown car, but I could have cared less.

    Welcome to My World Johnny Weir 2011

  • But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy … She well knows that by once enlisting under other banners than her own … she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication, in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy, and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standard of freedom.

    What Would Wilson Do? 2010

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