extrication
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The agency said rescuers were "carrying out the evacuation process for the trapped victims using extrication equipment to free them from the wrecked train structures".
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said: "The extrication was especially challenging with fuel lines running throughout the aircraft's chassis and aviation fuel stored in its wings."
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
The extrication of the federal workforce from routine economic activity means comparisons, even after data reporting returns, will be askew until normalization sets back in.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2025
NHRA’s traveling safety team, like its counterparts, is comprised of firefighters, paramedics and EMTs who are trained in motorsports injuries, evacuation and extrication.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
He twisted, he turned, he struggled, but he was like a mouse in a wire-trap; it was easy to get into his present state, but extrication seemed impossible.
From A Little World by George Manville Fenn
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David Copperfield
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"Introduction to Homeland Security," Vocabulary from Chapter 9
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