rescue

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rescue

A firefighter helps rescue a cat from a tall tree.

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.
rescue

A firefighter helps rescue a cat from a tall tree.

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

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