English-Finnish translations for jaws of life

Definition of jaws of life

• 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

Examples

• For the most terrible of car accidents, jaws of life have to be used to extricate the injured.

Related words

• jaws
• snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
• snatch victory from the jaws of defeat