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rescue

/'r/E/sk/j//u/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

  1. recovery or preservation from loss or danger

    noun.act

    Synonyms deliverance delivery saving

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

verb

  1. free from harm or evil

    verb.social

    Synonyms deliver

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. take forcibly from legal custody

    verb.possession

    Examples
    Rescue prisoners.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to <i>rescue</i> a prisoner from the enemy; to <i>rescue</i> seamen from destruction.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

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