extrication
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8.2
- noun
- /ˌɛkstrɪˈkeɪʃən/
- 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
282
1.8
An act of letting someone or something go free from being held
162
2.0
Taking something or someone away from a place
145
4.1
Removing people or things from a place
81
4.3
Removing something from a place using effort or force
4
3.4
Releasing people or animals who were kept against their will
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4.1
A way of freeing things and ideas from knots, like wires or thoughts
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7.5
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
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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.