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   rescue

   /ˈrɛskjuː/

   verb

   • 1. save (someone) from a dangerous or difficult situation: "firemen rescued a man trapped in the river" Similar savesave from dangersave the life ofcome to the aid ofset freefreereleaseliberateextricateget someone outdeliverredeemransomemancipaterelievebail someone outbring someone offinformal:save someone's baconsave someone's necksave someone's skinOpposite endangerjeopardizeimprisonabandon
   • ▪ keep from being lost or abandoned; retrieve: "he got out of his chair to rescue his cup of coffee" Similar retrieverecoversalvageget backpick upgather upscoop up

   noun

   • 1. an act of saving or being saved from danger or difficulty: "the dramatic rescue of nine trapped coal miners"
   • ▪ denoting or relating to a domestic animal that has been removed from a situation of abuse or neglect by a welfare organization: "adopting a rescue cat may be one of the most rewarding things you will ever do"
   • ▪ denoting the emergency excavation of archaeological sites threatened by imminent building or road development: "they have not always been keen to organize rescue excavations to investigate these sites"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French rescoure from Latin re- (expressing intensive force) + excutere ‘shake out, discard’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rescuable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   What does a rescue mean?

   • A rescue is an attempt to save someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation. A major air-sea rescue is under way. Five children were pulled from the smoke-filled house in heroic rescues by fire crews. 4. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 4. a. b. 5. Collins English Dictionary.

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   How do you use the word'rescue' in a sentence?

   • Whenever there's an earthquake or other disaster, rescue operations are quickly put in place to find survivors. You can use the word more casually, as in describing how you saunter over at a cocktail party and rescue your friend from a conversation with an insufferable bore. "Rescue."

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   What does rescuing someone mean?

   • rescue somebody/something from doing something He rescued a child from drowning. rescue somebody/something The hostages were rescued and brought to safety. The shelter rescues stray dogs. rescue somebody/something + adj. She had despaired of ever being rescued alive.

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   What does rescuing a kitten mean?

   • Other forms: rescued; rescuing; rescues When you rescue something, you save it from something bad — you come to the rescue. If Muffin, your kitten, is stuck in a tree, you can get out your ladder and climb up to rescue her. A rescue is a good thing, much appreciated by people (and kittens).

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   The meaning of RESCUE is to free from confinement, danger, or evil : save, deliver. How to use rescue in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Rescue.

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   If you rescue someone, you get them out of a dangerous or unpleasant situation. Helicopters rescued nearly 20 people from the roof of the burning building. [VERB noun] He had rescued her from a horrible life. [VERB noun] Synonyms: save, get out, save the life of, extricate More Synonyms of rescue.

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   When you rescue something, you save it from something bad — you come to the rescue. If Muffin, your kitten, is stuck in a tree, you can get out your ladder and climb up to rescue her. A rescue is a good thing, much appreciated by people (and kittens).

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   an occasion when someone is saved from a dangerous or unpleasant situation: an unsuccessful rescue attempt. come to the/sb's rescue. to help someone who is in a difficult situation: I forgot my purse but Anna came to the rescue and lent me some money.

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