jaws of life
Noun
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Noun
- (plurale tantum) Emergency rescue equipment used to open a severely damaged passenger vehicle with a strong mechanical jaw function that forcibly pushes or pulls metal components apart, to quickly and somewhat safely extricate the trapped occupants.
- 2005, Mary Gordon, Pearl
- Isn't there some machine used in car wrecks to extricate people called the jaws of life?
- 2005, Chuck McCann, Short, Shorter and Shorter Stories, Volume 1, page 388
- The power of the “jaws of life” were shown first and set aside.
- 2009, Tony Evans, Tony Evan's Book of Illustrations
- Even when drivers have had wrecks through no one's fault but their own, rescue crews still employ the "jaws of life" to get them out of trouble.
- For the most terrible of car accidents, jaws of life have to be used to extricate the injured.
- 2005, Mary Gordon, Pearl
- Spanish: mandíbulas de la vida
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