Synonyms for extrication


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ek-stri-keyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛk strɪˌkeɪt

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Définition of extrication

Origin :
  • 1640s, noun of action of extricate.
  • As in relief : noun remedy, aid; relaxation
  • As in rescue : noun saving from danger
  • As in salvation : noun rescue, saving
  • As in freeing : noun emancipation
  • As in palliation : noun relief
  • As in deliverance : noun liberation
  • As in escape : noun breaking away; getaway
  • As in extraction : noun removal from whole; distillation
Example sentences :
  • What opening for extrication, unless, indeed, Emilia should die?
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • They were therefore in a dilemma, from which there was no middle course of extrication.
  • Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
  • Here was an impasse from which obviously there was but one method of extrication.
  • Extract from : « Lord Milner's Work in South Africa » by W. Basil Worsfold
  • This is one of the simplest of these methods of extrication.
  • Extract from : « The Life of an Insect » by Anonymous
  • They seemed to be in a maze, without perceiving the right way of extrication.
  • Extract from : « The Allen House » by T. S. Arthur
  • My whole future depended upon my extrication from that impasse.
  • Extract from : « The Count's Chauffeur » by William Le Queux
  • Many of those who were saved died in a few hours after their extrication.
  • Extract from : « Old and New London » by Walter Thornbury
  • He was resolved to make an effort of some kind for the extrication of his sister.
  • Extract from : « Checkmate » by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
  • Indeed, that seems in some places the only way to extrication from the labyrinth.
  • Extract from : « A Month in Yorkshire » by Walter White
  • Could there be, even for him, some mode of extrication from his misery?
  • Extract from : « Can You Forgive Her? » by Anthony Trollope

Antonyms for extrication

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