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rescue

1. verb /ˈres.kju/

a) To save from any violence, danger or evil.

The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche

b) To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.

to rescue a prisoner from the enemy

Syn: free, deliver, liberate, release, unshackle, untie, recapture, retake, redeem, save

Ant: abandon, ignore, endanger, imperil, enslave, incarcerate, bind, constrict, hamper, inhibit, obstruct, preclude, kidnap, arrest, capture, corrupt, deprave

See Also: quash

2. noun /ˈres.kju/

a) An act or episode of rescuing, saving.

The rescue of Jerusalem was the original motive of the Crusaders

b) A liberation, freeing.

The dog proved a rescue with some behavior issues.

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