RESCUE

Rescue

Rescue comprises responsive operations that usually involve the saving of life, or prevention of injury during an incident or dangerous situation.

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rescue

Noun

  1. An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
  2. A liberation, freeing.
  3. The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril
    ''The rescue of Jerusalem was the original motive of the Crusaders
  4. A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded
  5. A rescuee.
    The dog proved a rescue with some behavior issues.

Verb



    

  1. To save from any violence, danger or evil.
    

    ''The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche
    

    

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  2. To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
    

    to rescue a prisoner from the enemy
    

    

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  3. To recover forcibly
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  4. To deliver by arms, notably from a siege
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  5. To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
    

    Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls.
    

    

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