EXTRICATION definition: the act of freeing a trapped or entangled person or thing. See examples of extrication used in a sentence.

Specially trained firefighters perform vehicle extrications (= helping people out of damaged vehicles). Rescue workers are continuing to work in an extrication effort.

These verbs mean to free from something that entangles: extricated herself from an embarrassing situation; disengaged his attention from the television; sought to disentangle fact from fiction in …

The meaning of EXTRICATION is the action of extricating.

The word extrication is derived from extricate, shown below. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

extrication, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

extrication (countable and uncountable, plural extrications) The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement. (public safety, emergency …

Extrication definition: The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.

Extrication refers to the act of freeing someone or something from a constraint or difficult situation. In emergency services, it often involves removing a person from a vehicle after an accident or …

Extrication is when you set someone or something free. If your dog gets tangled in your neighbor's hammock, she might require some extrication.