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Definition of Extricates
1. extricate [v] - See also: extricate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Extricates
Literary usage of Extricates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life of Lieutenant-General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth (1908)
"... Jr.— Capture of All the Federal Artillery—Forrest Extricates His Command and
Re- crosses the Tennessee River on the Following Day—Back at Columbia. ..."
2. Daniel Defoe: How to Know Him by William Peterfield Trent (1916)
"... VIII DEFOE Extricates HIMSELF FROM THE TOILS—AUGUST, 1714-1715 IT USED to be
believed that after the death of Queen Anne, Defoe retired from politics, ..."
3. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, New York (State). Governor, 1801-1804 (George Clinton), Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). State Historian (1900)
"Lafayette Extricates Himself from a Perilous Position by a Clew Manoeuvre.
York Town May 24th 1778. Sir, I take the liberty to inclose three Letters which ..."
4. Military History of Ulysses S. Grant: From April, 1861, to April, 1865 by Adam Badeau (1881)
"... Duck river—Affair at Spring Hill—Schofield extricates his army—Battle of
Franklin—Repulse of Hood—Thomas directs Schofield to retreat to Nashville—Grant ..."
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