Emergency Response Gear

2 words in this vocabulary list

noun a type of protective equipment worn over the face to filter out harmful particles in the air

  • The healthcare workers were required to wear a PAPR while treating patients with infectious diseases.
  • Make sure you have your PAPR on before entering the contaminated area.
  • I feel like a spaceman in this PAPR gear.
  • His PAPR shielded him from the toxic environment of office politics.

noun A tool used for cutting bolts or other metal objects

  • The worker used a bolt cutter to remove the padlock from the gate.
  • I borrowed my neighbor's bolt cutter to break the lock on my shed.
  • I had to bust out the bolt cutter to get into the abandoned building.
  • She felt like a bolt cutter, breaking through the barriers holding her back.