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extricate

/ˈɛk.stɹɪˌkeɪt/ verbe C2

En français : extirper

  1. To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle. (transitive) · I finally managed to extricate myself from the tight jacket.· The firefighters had to use the jaws of life to extricate Monica from the car wreck.

He/she/it extricates · Prétérit extricated · Participe passé extricated · Forme en -ing extricating

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Dans la bibliothèque

And now I pass on to another thread which I have extricated out of the tangled skein, the mystery of the sobs in the night, of the tear-stained face of Mrs.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 114 · C1
Dantès, although stunned and almost suffocated, had sufficient presence of mind to hold his breath, and as his right hand (prepared as he was for every chance) held his knife open, he rapidly ripped up the sack, extricated his arm, and then his body; but in spite of all his efforts to free himself from the shot, he felt it dragging him down still lower.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 220 · C1
“We might start at five o’clock and be in time, but the delay may cause your friend to pass an uneasy night, and therefore we had better go with all speed to extricate him from the hands of the infidels.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 400 · C1
“And from whose hands the count extricated me in so wonderful a manner?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 547 · C1

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