Verb (used with object), : to extricate someone from a dangerous situation. From Dictionary.com.
His presence of mind again extricated him from danger. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
Officials said the driver's body remained on the bus after the survivors escaped or were extricated from the vehicle. From Wordnik.com. [Tour bus carrying children crashes through guardrail in Bethesda; driver killed] Reference
Glory Mooncalled extricated himself early, engaged only to keep the Venageti from fleeing. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Copper Tears]
Mrs. Peterkin was extricated from the lilac-bush. From Wordnik.com. [The Peterkin Papers] Reference
General was extricated from the ruins of his palace. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
He was extricated from the rubbish only slightly hurt. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference
Delia extricated herself gently from the clinging arms. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
They extricated their ice-boat and prepared for departure. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
He extricated a pickle from a jar in the door and bit into it. From Wordnik.com. [The Spear Master] Reference
Monsieur Louis Ulbach himself extricated me from my perplexity. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864] Reference
Garcia said firefighters extricated the two occupants of the house. From Wordnik.com. [Big tree falls without warning in Montgomery] Reference
Setting down the candle, I extricated it and restored it to my ear. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
And some people get stuck in their dreams and are unable to be extricated. From Wordnik.com. [The Status Civilization] Reference
With some difficulty she was extricated unhurt from this perilous situation. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
He wished the present secretary to be extricated from his present difficulty. From Wordnik.com. [Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII] Reference
Miss Eliza extricated herself from the embrace without interrupting her progress. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
So soon as Sture could be extricated, he was found to have received an ugly wound upon the thigh. From Wordnik.com. [The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa] Reference
My sisters skipped over, having extricated themselves from the sclerotic clutches of their escorts. From Wordnik.com. [Bootstraps] Reference
He was now in a perilous position, one from which but few generals could have extricated themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Garcia said that firefighters extricated the two occupants of the house and that they were uninjured. From Wordnik.com. [Big tree topples in Montgomery] Reference
Alexander, therefore, extricated himself from the difficulty by telling a falsehood in the first bull. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference
She deftly unhooked her bra, extricated it from the armhole of the caftan, and draped it over the lamp. From Wordnik.com. [Bailey White: 'The Green Bus'] Reference
No sooner had the shepherd extricated himself and his bride from the basket, than armed guards appeared. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends] Reference
They invited me into their homes, their sons developed rabid crushes from which I politely extricated myself. From Wordnik.com. [Cherchez l'homme (Look for the Man)(Revision)] Reference
Madame de Bergenheim extricated one of her hands, and, raising her finger with a threatening gesture, she said. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Trajan, Emperor, was extricated from Antioch during an earthquake, by a spectre which drove him out of a window. From Wordnik.com. [Real Ghost Stories] Reference
Involuntarily the Princess quivered, stooped, and extricated the fine wire pin which even Caroline had not noted. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
He found a creek in which he placed his foot, and with Frank's manly help, was soon extricated from his perilous position. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
They then extricated her and pulling her up on the rocky shore we went to work to repair with cleats made from a broken oar. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
Clinging to him in terror at first, she presently extricated herself from the man's encircling arm, and switched on the light. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
A Metro passenger was trapped in an elevator at the Wheaton Station; after being extricated, she was treated for heat exhaustion. From Wordnik.com. [Fast-moving storm batters D.C. area; 2 deaths, mass power outages reported] Reference
Taryenya-wa-gon (Holder of the Heavens) extricated these six families from this subterraneous bowels and confines of the mountain. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
Just as I extricated myself and looked out from under the palm-leaf awning, the pirates flung a stone which severely cut our pilot's face. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
I laughed at my stupidity at first, as I knew within an hour, father would be along when with his assistance I could be easily extricated. From Wordnik.com. [The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West] Reference
The spark of life which was left in her, when she was extricated from among the debris of the wrecked express, was fanned again into flame. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
After the occupants extricated themselves it was found that the only serious damage suffered was the breaking of Amity Getty's fine guitar. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
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