0 the act of removing something or someone from a place or setting them free with difficulty: --
The drugs only led to a worsened situation from which extrication seemed almost impossible.
the extrication of British forces from Iraq
She realised that any ideas of easy extrication from the relationship were over-optimistic.
Some people were assisted out of their damaged homes but there were no major extrications.
Unskilled extrication of victims who have suffered neck injury can cause serious damage.