(plural only) Emergency rescueequipment used to open a completely destroyed passenger vehicle, to quickly and somewhat safely extricate the trapped occupants.
For the most terrible of car accidents, jaws of life have to be used to extricate the injured.
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Origin of Jaws Of Life
jaws+of+life. By analogy with an actual jaw and the fact that this mechanical device allows the possibility of preserving the life of the victim being rescued.
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Jaws Of Life Sentence Examples
Using the jaws of life in the wrong place could be deadly.
Preliminary reports state the Morgan Freeman was conscious, lucid and even cracked a few jokes with the rescue team despite the fact that they had to use the Jaws of Life to pry the 71-year-old actor from the car.
Bollea and his passenger had to be removed from the car using the Jaws of Life.
