extrication

noun — 3 senses

extrication

noun

Etymology From extricate + -ion.

1

The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.

2

Emergency medicine, Medicine, Sciences Rescue of a trapped person in a vehicle or machinery.

3

The act of sending out or evolving.

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