rescue
IPA: rˈɛskju
noun
- An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
- A liberation, freeing.
- The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril.
- A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded.
- A rescuee.
- A city in California.
verb
- To save from any violence, danger or evil.
- To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
- To recover forcibly.
- To deliver by arms, notably from a siege.
- (figuratively) To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
- (figuratively) To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.
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Examples of "rescue" in Sentences
- The wayfarer was rescued eventually.
- Chip is the leader of the Rescue Rangers.
- The ambulance is rushed to rescue people.
- Ted is rescued by the sound of the doorbell.
- The ongoing conflict complicated the rescue.
- How did they get rescued and who rescued them
- The trained dogs rescue people who are in danger.
- But the monks came to rescue their unwanted guests.
- But the monks come to the rescue of their unwanted guests.
- When he saw that children was in danger, he tried to rescue them.
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