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rescue
('r/E/sk/j//u/ )

noun (n)

  • recovery or preservation from loss or danger(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    deliverance, delivery, saving
    source: wordnet30
  • The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • free from harm or evil(verb.social)
    Synonym:
    deliver
    source: wordnet30
  • take forcibly from legal custody(verb.possession)
    Example:
    Rescue prisoners.
    source: wordnet30
  • To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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