What's the difference between extirpate and extricate?

Extirpate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Prompt diagnosis, in which timely diagnostic laparoscopy and ultrasound evaluation of the pelvis may be helpful, provides the opportunity for prompt laparotomy with untwisting of the torsion and stabilization of the adnexa by suture and cystectomy, if possible, extirpation if not.
  • (2) Resection of the peritracheal segments of the thyroid gland with the isthmus extirpation was performed.
  • (3) 7 cases with bronchiectasis of left lower lobe and lingular segment were treated with left lower lobectomy and extirpation of the bronchi of lingular segment.
  • (4) Experiments were performed with eight head and neck tumors following their surgical extirpation.
  • (5) The activities of the tumour centre have proved extremely valuable as it contributes to establishing more general lines concerning biopsy, attempted total extirpation, observation, or enucleation, to the benefit of patients as well as research.
  • (6) Nine rat livers were extirpated after core cooling, preserved for six hours in University of Wisconsin (UW) solution at 4 degrees C and then were connected to a perfusion chamber (hypothermic preservation group: 6-hr HP group).
  • (7) A cavernous angioma of the tentorium cerebelli, first disclosed by perinatal serial ultrasonographic studies, was extirpated totally without remarkable neurological deficit in a neonate.
  • (8) Studies such as these have led increasing numbers of women to elect immediate breast reconstruction as opposed to delaying that reconstruction for months or even years after the tumor extirpation.
  • (9) A case is reported in a young healthy pregnant woman, who developed a granuloma gravidarum on the right side of her nasal septum, recurring several times after delivery in spite of extirpation.
  • (10) Seven patients underwent surgical extirpation or section of the vestibular nerve, and seven patients underwent labyrinthectomy without vestibular nerve section.
  • (11) None of the extirpated grafts had the same histologic pattern as the eutopic endometrium.
  • (12) Morbidity from local manifestations of the tumor left in situ was markedly increased, whereas those patients afforded an extirpative operation had a much improved quality of life.
  • (13) Extirpation of this tumor disclosed yellowish white, homogeneous mass, 101 g in weight and 7 by 7 by 3.5 cm in diameter.
  • (14) The treatment of patients with Wilms' tumour was narrowly coordinated by the program consisting of the surgical extirpation of the tumour, postoperative irradiation of the tumorous area at degrees II, III, IV and V and intensive adjuvant chemiotherapy.
  • (15) All three patients were treated with radical extirpation.
  • (16) Primary therapy for those patients (1979-1983) had been definitive extirpation with adjuvant therapy determined by histologic grade, histologic subtype, myometrial invasion, and peritoneal cytologic findings.
  • (17) Of these, approximately 23% (four of 17) had recovered auditory function before acoustic neuroma extirpation.
  • (18) A craniotomy followed by a bilateral external ethmoidectomy was necessary for complete extirpation of the infected mucoceles.
  • (19) The removal of the affected uterus together with the pelvic lymph nodes and the extirpation of a vaginal cuff should be obligatory.
  • (20) Exploratory laparotomy revealed the mass to be appendiceal adenocarcinoma, which was treated with extirpation of all the visible tumor and repair of the anatomic defect.

Extricate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To free, as from difficulties or perplexities; to disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to extricate a person from debt, peril, etc.
  • (v. t.) To cause to be emitted or evolved; as, to extricate heat or moisture.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A reason for Stepanenko’s extrication was also mooted – he and his family visited Crimea, annexed by Russia, in 2015 and did not hide the fact, protesting that it is simply part of Ukraine.
  • (2) 8.01am GMT David Smith (@SmithInAfrica) Roux: "You desperately now try to extricate your wife's version from this version."
  • (3) As shown in an eponymous fly-on-the-wall documentary released earlier this year, Weiner refused to bow out of the race despite the anguish of his staff and Abedin, who often looked on in silence as her husband attempted to extricate himself from the scandal.
  • (4) In a wide-ranging speech on Monday, Labour’s Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer will warn that the Brexit process is in danger of being hijacked by Tory hardliners who sense a “once in a generation chance” for Britain to extricate itself from employment rights, environmental protections and investment in public services.
  • (5) After years of on-and-off e-dating, in which I've met 150-200 women, fallen in love with one and invented extravagant excuses to extricate myself from awkward encounters with countless others, you might think I'd be tired of it all.
  • (6) President Obama announced on Friday that in the "days ahead" he will decide on a package of military and diplomatic options to halt the rapid advance of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) , as the jihadist army's march from Syria through Sunni Iraq has upended Obama's achievement of extricating the US military from the Iraq conflict.
  • (7) A Both the United States and the UK have consistently ruled this out, and it seems highly unlikely at present that either would risk a return to a high-casualty military quagmire from which they have only just extricated themselves.
  • (8) He extricated himself from the mob and went over to Goffin and the whole of the Belgium camp, shaking hands with each and every one of them, before allowing the British celebrations to continue.
  • (9) Although these injuries continue to prove very mutilating, maximum restoration of the injured hand can be accomplished by careful extrication, followed by preservation and reconstruction of all viable tissues.
  • (10) Obama went out of his way to stress that the new offensive would not represent the unravelling of his most prized foreign policy achievement, the extrication of his country from costly and bloody wars abroad, reiterating his administration's pledge that it would not send ground troops to either Iraq or Syria, where Isis controls a large swath of territory.
  • (11) Can you suddenly extricate yourself from your history, and start from scratch?
  • (12) Read more Gove’s allies said he had had growing doubts about Johnson’s ability to build a future government in recent days, and over how he would manage the complex negotiations that will be required to extricate Britain from the EU .
  • (13) Brunhilda is a black woman who he loved so much that even when he is extricated from this terrible situation he still goes further than hell to save her.
  • (14) "Yellowcake" now refers to a type of dessert, not uranium; a "roadmap" is not a plan to extricate your nation from war, but a thing your smartphone has that tells you how exactly to get to Starbucks.
  • (15) John Denham, the shadow business secretary, says the government's political hang-ups about state involvement in the economy – which he says are shared by Cable, as well as the chancellor – prevent the formation of a coherent policy for extricating Britain from the worst slump in a generation.
  • (16) British government officials have told ministers it could take a decade to extricate the UK from EU law, with the domestic legislative agenda likely to be dominated by unwinding EU membership for years to come.
  • (17) Last month, in a federal judge in Oregon ruled that the inability of individuals to extricate themselves from the list is a due-process violation, rejecting the government's contention that there is no constitutional right to travel.
  • (18) Fifa's general secretary, Jérôme Valcke, last week sought to extricate himself from a row with the Brazilian government, claiming he was misquoted over comments that the country needed a "kick in the ass" to meet its commitments.
  • (19) BP is preparing to announce a $27bn (£17bn) deal that would allow the oil company to extricate itself from a troubled joint venture in Russia , but force it to forge closer ties with the Kremlin.
  • (20) It was a big fight, one of the largest we’ve seen recently.” Kurdish fighters say US special forces have been fighting Isis for months Read more Warren said that the mission of QRF force Keating was a part of was not to reinforce the US fighting positions, but to extricate the Americans from the fight.