Definition

1. Noun:

   • Recovery or preservation from loss or danger: An act of saving someone or something from a dangerous, harmful, or distressing situation.
   • The act of delivering or setting free: The process of freeing someone from confinement, violence, or other peril.

2. Verb:

   • To save from a dangerous or distressing situation: To free or deliver someone or something from harm, risk, or confinement.
   • To take forcibly from legal custody: To free someone, especially a prisoner, by force or illegal means (a specific legal or dramatic usage).

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The firefighter received a medal for the daring rescue.
  • A rescue team was sent to find the missing hikers.

• Verb:

  • The lifeguard rescued the swimmer from the strong current.
  • They attempted to rescue the company from financial ruin.

Advanced Usage

• "To the rescue": Used to indicate someone arriving to help solve a problem.

  • Just as the project was failing, our expert consultant came to the rescue.

• "Daring/rescue mission/operation": A specifically planned and often dangerous effort to save someone.

  • The military conducted a daring rescue operation behind enemy lines.

Variants and Related Words

• Rescuer (n): A person who saves someone from a dangerous or distressing situation.

  • The rescuer pulled the child from the wreckage.

• Rescuee (n): A person who is rescued.

  • The rescuees were taken to the hospital for evaluation.

Synonyms

• Save: To keep safe or rescue from harm or danger.
• Deliver: To set free, often from a restrictive or threatening situation.
• Salvage: To rescue or save something, especially property, from loss or destruction.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Rescue from: To save someone or something from a specific threat or place.
  • Volunteers worked to rescue the animals from the flooded shelter.

Related Idioms

• A knight in shining armor: A person who comes to the rescue, especially in a romantic or heroic context. (Note: This is a related idiom, not a direct variant of "rescue").
  • When my car broke down, he was my knight in shining armor.

Noun

1. recovery or preservation from loss or danger
   • work is the deliverance of mankind
   • a surgeon's job is the saving of lives

Verb

1. take forcibly from legal custody
   • rescue prisoners
2. free from harm or evil