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Main Entry:
ex·tri·cate
[
ek
-stri-keyt
]
/
ˈɛk
strɪˌkeɪt
/
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Main Entry:
extricate
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Example Sentences
It has taken months to
extricate
it, but finally I have it back.
Unable to
extricate
himself, after several days he dies of thirst within plain sight of freedom.
That strategy once helped me to
extricate
myself from an ugly work environment.
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It has taken months to
extricate
it, but finally I have it back.
Unable to
extricate
himself, after several days he dies of thirst within plain sight of freedom.
That strategy once helped me to
extricate
myself from an ugly work environment.
Yet the heroine finds it difficult to
extricate
herself from her mother's tantalizing sphere of influence.
He often said it as he tried to
extricate
himself from trouble with his dry wit.
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