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extrication

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As a noun, extrication means the act or process of extricating or disentangling.

Meanings of extrication

4 meanings

noun

  1. The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.

  2. public safetyemergency medicineRescue of a trapped person in vehicle or machinery

  3. The act of sending out or evolving.

  4. The act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition

    Similar: unsnarling, untangling, disentanglement

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition
unsnarlinguntanglingdisentanglement

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