Capture and Extrication

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Capture noun - One that has been taken and held in confinement.

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Extrication is an antonym for capture.

Nearby Words: captive, captured, captor, capturing

Extrication noun - The act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition.

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Capture is an antonym for extrication in getaway topic.

Nearby Words: extricate, extricated, extricating

Adaptation Explanation Extrication: The dwarves' capture by the goblins and Gollum's realisation of what Bilbo has in his pocket are only briefly looked over in cutscenes, making it hard to tell what's going on.

Source: Video Game / The Hobbit (2003)

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