English

Noun

écrasement ‎(plural écrasements)

1. (surgery) Operation of removing a part, as a tumor, by a wire or chain loop gradually tightened so as to cut slowly through its attachment.
   • 1871, James Marion Sims, Clinical Notes on Uterine Surgery, § II., page #92:

     Her physicians consented to its écrasement, which occupied ten or twelve minutes.

References

• écrasement in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

French

Noun

écrasement m ‎(plural écrasements)

1. crushing
2. crash (of an airplane)