extricate
verbTo free from a difficulty, entanglement, or constraint.
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nounA policy favoring avoidance of international alliances, obligations, or intervention.
Avoidance of foreign commitments
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quagmire
nounSoft, boggy ground; figuratively, a difficult situation from which escape is hard.
Boggy ground
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