Vocabulary
Extricate
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty.
Urdu meaning
بچانا، نجات دلانا، مشکلات سے نکالنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Of course, the problem is that these uncovered manholes represent the greatest danger during extreme rainfall, as people wading through the water to safety can fall into them and not be able to extricate themselves.
- Can we not extricate ourselves from the compulsion of needless pampering of our bureaucrats and politicians and instead increase the education budget by 50pc?
- Nato, already beleaguered by Trump, may support Denmark but in the last resort will leave it (like the Ukraine) to extricate itself.
- Nato, already beleaguered by Trump, may support Denmark but in the last resort will leave it (like the Ukraine) to extricate itself.
- Finally, the powerful too have to extricate themselves from gun lobbies, make all firepower hard to acquire and less dangerous to use.
Synonyms
extract, free,withdraw, let loose, release, unfasten, unclasp, disentangle, get out
Antonyms
entangle, involve
Curator example
“he was trying to extricate himself from official duties”
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