extrication
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8.2
- noun
- /ˌɛkstrɪˈkeɪʃən/
:
extricación
- After several hours, the extrication of the hiker from the steep ravine was finally successful.
- extrication collar
- military extrication
Examples
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Do persist in requesting physician permission to remove and change the extrication collar.
Academic text (2002) -
The purpose of the extrication collar is to immobilize the patient's neck at the trauma scene.
Academic text (2002) -
Therefore, the patient may arrive on the critical care or acute care unit still wearing the extrication collar.
Academic text (2002) -
I think everybody involved in the extrication and everything, from the moment I hit to the moment I get to the hospital they have to be really pleased with themselves.
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Don't leave the extrication collar on the patient beyond a maximum of 24 hours.
Academic text (2002) -
I have been assigned to this mountain to effect his extrication and arrest, and this is a duty from which I cannot and will not be dissuaded or distracted.
Fiction book (1995) -
In this way, empathetic encounters are potentially transformative in that they allow for the extrication of oneself from the world of predictable routines and create a critical site within which particular women, the young, and the poor voice their concerns for change and their disenchantment with the social expectations others have of them.
Academic text (1999) -
The firefighters worked tirelessly on the extrication of the trapped driver after the accident.
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They discussed the best methods for the extrication of equipment stuck in the mud.
Synonyms
281
4.1
Removing people or things from a place
279
1.8
An act of letting someone or something go free from being held
106
2.0
Taking something or someone away from a place
50
4.3
Removing something from a place using effort or force
3
3.4
Releasing people or animals who were kept against their will
1
4.1
A way of freeing things and ideas from knots, like wires or thoughts
Freeing things or people trapped in knots and difficult situations
Removing knots from something like a chain or hair
Something that helps a person get out of an awkward or uncomfortable situation
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Extrication comes from Latin parts ex- 'out' and trica 'tangle', like the ex- in exit or extract, so it originally meant getting something 'out of a tangle'. That's why extrication now means the act of freeing someone or something from a difficult or trapped situation.