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- Dictionaryrescue/ˈrɛskjuː/
verb
- 1. save (someone) from a dangerous or difficult situation: "firemen rescued a man trapped in the river" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. an act of saving or being saved from danger or difficulty: "the dramatic rescue of nine trapped coal miners"
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RESCUE definition: 1. to help someone or something out of a dangerous, harmful, or unpleasant situation: 2. the act…. Learn more.
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.
Rescue definition: to free or deliver from confinement, danger, or difficulty. See examples of RESCUE used in a sentence.
Rescue is help which gets someone out of a dangerous or unpleasant situation. Lights clipped onto life jackets improve the chances of rescue. A big rescue operation has been launched for a trawler missing at sea.
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).
to save somebody/something from a dangerous or harmful situation. rescue somebody/something from something/somebody The coastguard rescued six people from the sinking boat. The woman was rescued from her burning home by firefighters. You rescued me from an embarrassing situation.
noun. /ˈreskjuː/ [uncountable] the act of saving somebody/something from a dangerous or difficult situation; the fact of being saved. We had given up hope of rescue. A wealthy benefactor came to their rescue with a generous donation. a rescue operation/mission. a mountain rescue team. rescue helicopters/boats/workers.
RESCUE definition: 1. to save someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation: 2. an occasion when someone is saved…. Learn more.
noun. /ˈrɛskyu/ [uncountable] the act of saving someone or something from a dangerous or difficult situation; the fact of being saved We had given up hope of rescue. A wealthy benefactor came to their rescue with a generous donation. a rescue attempt/operation a mountain rescue team rescue workers/boats/helicopters. Join us.
Rescue definition: To cause to be free from danger, imprisonment, or difficulty; save.
