Meaning of rescue | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
   countable, uncountable
2. To save from any violence, danger or evil
3. A city in California.
4. A liberation, freeing.
   countable, uncountable
5. To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint
6. Extrication from danger or confinement:deliverance, delivery, salvage, salvation.
7. The act of unlawfully freeing a person, or confiscated goods, from custody.
   countable, uncountable
8. To recover forcibly, especially from a siege
9. to get or take out of a dangerous situation, captivity etc. The lifeboat was sent out to rescue the sailors from the sinking ship. red يُنْقِذ спасявам salvar zachránit retten redde σώζω, απελευθερώνωrescatar, socorrer päästma نجات دادن pelastaa secourir לְהָצִיל बचाना spašavanje, pomoć megment menolong bjarga soccorrere, salvare 救助する 구조하다 (iš)gelbėti []glābt menyelamatkan reddenredde, berge, befriratować ژغورل، خلاصول، نجات وركول: ژغورنه، خلاصونه، نجات salvar a salva спасать zachrániť rešiti...
   etc
10. The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril.
    countable, uncountable
11. To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin
12. (an) act of rescuing or state of being rescued. The lifeboat crew performed four rescues last week; After his rescue, the climber was taken to hospital; They came quickly to our rescue. redding إنْقاذ спасяване salvamento záchranná akce; záchrana die Rettung redningsaktion; redning; undsætning διάσωση, απελευθέρωσηrescate päästmine نجات pelastus sauvetageהצלה उद्धार spašavanje, dolazak u pomoć megmentés pertolongan björgun salvataggio 救助 구출, 구조 (iš)gelbėjimas, pagalba []glābšana penyelamatan ...
13. A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded.
    countable, uncountable
14. To achieve something positive under difficult conditions
15. redder مُنْقِذ спасител salvador zachránce der/die Retter(in) redningsmand σωτήρας salvador päästja نجات دهنده pelastaja sauveteurמציל, מחלץ बचाने वाला spasitelj, spasilac felszabadító, (meg)mentő penolong bjargvættur, björgunarmaður soccorritore, soccorritrice 救助者 구조자 gelbėtojas glābējs penyelamat redder redningsmann/-kvinne wybawca نجات ورکوونکی salvador salvator спасатель záchranca reševalec spasilac räddare ผู้ช่วยชีวิต kurtarıcı 救援者，救星 рятівник, визволитель نجات دہندہ người cứu nguy 援救者，救星
16. A rescuee.
    countable, uncountable
17. salvar, rescatar, librar;___method → método de ___, de salvamento.
18. To cause to be free from danger, imprisonment, or difficulty; save. See Synonyms at save1.
19. Law To remove (a person or property) from legal custody by force, in violation of the law.
    Law
20. An act of rescuing; a deliverance.
21. Law The criminal offense of removing a person or property.
    Law
22. to bring (someone or something) out of danger, attack, harm, etc; deliver or save

Equivalents

Examples

“Guests marveled that they kept making more rescues.”

“The rescue of Jerusalem was the original motive of the Crusaders”

“The dog was a rescue with some behavior issues.”

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