extrication

English

Etymology

extricate + -ion

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

extrication (countable and uncountable, plural extrications)

  1. The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.
  2. (public safety, emergency medicine) Rescue of a trapped person in a vehicle or machinery.
  3. The act of sending out or evolving.

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