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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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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: 1. to help someone or something out of a dangerous, harmful, or unpleasant situation: 2. the act…. Learn more.
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. American English : rescue / ˈrɛskyu /
the act of rescuing animals from danger, abuse, or neglect, as the adoption of stray and abandoned animals from an animal shelter, or the protection of wild animals in an animal sanctuary: Animal rescue requires cooperation between animal control agencies and shelters.
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. The house was rescued from demolition.
1. to bring (someone or something) out of danger, attack, harm, etc; deliver or save. 2. (Law) to free (a person) from legal custody by force. 3. (Law) law to seize (goods or property) by force. n. 4. a. the act or an instance of rescuing. b. (as modifier): a rescue party. 5. (Law) the forcible removal of a person from legal custody. 6.
RESCUE definition: 1. to save someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation: 2. an occasion when someone is saved…. Learn more.
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.
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