rescue.
To save from any violence, danger or evil.
Meaning & usage
To save from any violence, danger or evil.
The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche.
To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
to rescue a prisoner from the enemy
To recover forcibly, especially from a siege.
To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls.
To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.
To restore a particular trait in an organism that was lost or altered, especially where this loss was as the consequence of some experimental manipulation.
To salvage and restore something that has been discarded.
I rescued a set of antique dining chairs.
To fix a mistake made while preparing something, especially in cooking.
The cook rescued the sauce after it began to curdle.
To adopt (an animal).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English rescouen, from Old French rescoure, rescurre, rescorre; from Latin prefix re- (“re-”) + excutere (“to shake or drive out”), from ex (“out”) + quatiō (“to shake”). Displaced native Old English nerian.
An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
A liberation, freeing.
The act of unlawfully freeing a person, or confiscated goods, from custody.
The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril.
The rescue of Jerusalem was the original motive of the Crusaders
A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded.
A rescuee.
The dog was a rescue with some behavior issues.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English rescouen, from Old French rescoure, rescurre, rescorre; from Latin prefix re- (“re-”) + excutere (“to shake or drive out”), from ex (“out”) + quatiō (“to shake”). Displaced native Old English nerian.
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