rescue
/ˈreskjuː/rescue
VERBDefinition of rescue
If you rescue someone, you save them from any violence, emergency, or evil.
Example: The lifeguard jumped into the swimming pool to rescue the drowning woman.
If you rescue someone, you free them from a prison or some other physical restraint.
Example: After capturing the enemy army, they rescued the prisoners.
If you rescue something, you take it back using force.
A rescue is a saving of someone or something.
Example: We saw his rescue from the burning house.
A rescue is a freeing of someone or something.
Example: The soldiers rescue of their target from the prison was all they could talk about.
rescue
EXAMPLESExamples of rescue
The lifeguard jumped into the swimming pool to rescue the drowning woman.
Example sentenceAfter capturing the enemy army, they rescued the prisoners.
Example sentenceWe saw his rescue from the burning house.
Example sentenceThe soldiers rescue of their target from the prison was all they could talk about.
Example sentencerescue
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