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Def: free or remove someone or something from a dangerous situation (such as a trap or wreckage)
Example: Rescuers called to the scene of a rollover wreck had to extricate one person.
They extricated the tractor from the mud.
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A transitive verb.
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extricate victims from vehicles
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