verb

rescue

/ˈreskjuː/

rescue

VERB

Definition of rescue

1

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.

1

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.

2

If you rescue something, you take it back using force.

3

A rescue is a saving of someone or something.

Example: We saw his rescue from the burning house.

4

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

EXAMPLES

Examples of rescue

1

The lifeguard jumped into the swimming pool to rescue the drowning woman.

Example sentence
2

After capturing the enemy army, they rescued the prisoners.

Example sentence
3

We saw his rescue from the burning house.

Example sentence
4

The soldiers rescue of their target from the prison was all they could talk about.

Example sentence

rescue

SMART VOCABULARY

Related words and phrases

Similar words

freedeliverliberatereleaseunshacklerecaptureretake

Opposite words

abandonignoreimperilendangerenslaveincarceratebindconstricthamperinhibitobstructkidnap

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