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Meaning of 'rescue' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Rescue [ v.]
- The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation.
- The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained.
- The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment.
- The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy.
2 . Rescue [ v. t.]
- To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction.

Meaning of 'rescue' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . rescue [ n]
Meaning (1):
- recovery or preservation from loss or danger
Example in sentence:
  • a surgeon's job is the saving of lives;
  • work is the deliverance of mankind
2 . rescue [ v]
Meaning (2):
- take forcibly from legal custody
Example in sentence:
  • rescue prisoners

Nearby Words:

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