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
Firefighter dispatch logs show a major extrication response at 4:45 p.m. along 23rd Avenue, where a car landed to the right of the sidewalk.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2023
Many of those who were saved died in a few hours after their extrication.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
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David Copperfield
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"Introduction to Homeland Security," Vocabulary from Chapter 9
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