How to Use extricate in a Sentence

extricate

verb
Definition of extricatenext
Synonyms for extricatenext
  • They extricated the tractor from the mud.
  • She hasn't been able to extricate herself from her legal problems.
  • Several survivors were extricated from the wreckage.
  • Avoid the area while crews work to extricate the patient.
    — Katie Rice, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The victims were able to extricate themselves from the car.
    — Maren Estrada, BGR, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Three had to be extricated from the flattened wood of the house.
    — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Police went to the bedroom and were able to extricate the man.
    — cleveland, 23 Feb. 2022
  • The driver of the car had to be extricated from the car after the crash, police said.
    — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 29 Feb. 2020
  • Glaser, 66, had to be extricated from the Lexus and died from his injuries.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The truck is about 20 yards off the roadway, and the victim has not yet been extricated.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 19 Sep. 2019
  • To extricate oneself, a cog in the email machine, while the rest of us remain?
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 11 June 2018
  • He was trapped by a slab of a concrete wall but was able to extricate himself.
    — Bruce Schreiner, ajc, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Keese and the children had to be extricated from the car, police said.
    — Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com, 26 Feb. 2020
  • He was extricated by fire crews and pronounced dead at the scene.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The previous two times the police had to break down her door to extricate her.
    — Joseph Goldstein and James C. McKinley Jr., New York Times, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Thai Navy Seals entered the cave to help and hang out with the boys as rescuers planned how to extricate them safely.
    — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2023
  • Keep friends on hand who will support your ideas or extricate you from any jam.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Firefighters were called to extricate the boy, who died at the scene, police said.
    — Evan MacDonald, cleveland.com, 2 July 2019
  • The driver hasn’t been found, while a woman and man also in the car at the time of the chase were trapped inside and had to be extricated from the car.
    — Samantha Ketterer, Houston Chronicle, 14 June 2018
  • It was stuck between the tire wall and the fence, delaying efforts to extricate Zhou.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 3 July 2022
  • Rescue crews had to cut the car's roof off to extricate Newman, who was rushed to the hospital.
    — Jill Martin, CNN, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Firefighters had to use a Jaws of Life extricating tool to remove the fence and free the woman.
    — Caitlin Taylor, Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Back on Everest, above where Paul's body was extricated, two of the Sherpas moved up to Camp 4.
    — Author: John Branch, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2017
  • The @SDLifeguards cliff rescue veh was used to extricate one patient up to street level.
    — Peter Martinez, CBS News, 3 May 2021
  • The driver was pinned inside the car, and responders had to extricate him.
    — Samantha Ketterer, Houston Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2018
  • The truck was pinned against the tree, and both occupants had to be extricated, which took about 20 minutes, the release said.
    — Steven Martinez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2017
  • In the late 1970s, Turner managed to extricate herself from her husband and set out on her own.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 24 May 2023
  • All three people in the car needed to be extricated, the release said.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Some 3,000 people were evacuated from the area while the bomb was carefully extricated.
    — Jim Clash, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The two injured occupants had to be extricated from their vehicle, Metro Fire stated.
    — Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 3 Jan. 2025

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