The rescue team took three hours to extricate the stranded hiker from the cliff.

extricate 是动词，由前缀 ex-（表示"向外"）和词根 tric（来自拉丁语 tricae，意为"障碍、困难"）加上动词后缀 -ate 组成，字面意思是"从困难中解脱出来"，引申为"解救、使摆脱困境"。