noun
hydraulic tool inserted into a wrecked vehicle and used to pry the wreckage apart in order to provide access to people trapped inside
• Usage Domain: ↑trademark
• Hypernyms: ↑tool
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trademark — used for a hydraulic tool that is used especially to free victims trapped inside wrecked motor vehicles
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Trademark.
a heavy-duty tool that can cut through metal or pry sections of it apart: used esp. to free people trapped in wrecked vehicles.
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Jaws of Life® plural noun
Powerful hydraulic pincers used to free people from wreckage after a motor-vehicle accident
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Main Entry: ↑jaw
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n. trademark a hydraulic apparatus used to pry apart the wreckage of crashed vehicles in order to free people trapped inside
Useful english dictionary. 2012.