salvage
IPA: sˈæɫvʌdʒ
noun
- The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
- The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
- The compensation paid to the rescuers.
- The money from the sale of rescued goods.
- The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
- (sometimes attributive) Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.
- (Philippines) Summary execution, extrajudicial killing.
- A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- Obsolete spelling of savage. [(derogatory) A person not living in a civilization; a barbarian.]
verb
- (transitive, of property, people or situations at risk) to rescue.
- (transitive, of discarded goods) to put to use.
- (transitive) To make new or restore for the use of being saved.
- (Philippines) To perform summary execution.
- (Philippines) To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.
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Examples of "salvage" in Sentences
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