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RESCUE
rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving
(noun) recovery or preservation from loss or danger; āwork is the deliverance of mankindā; āa surgeonās job is the saving of livesā
rescue
(verb) take forcibly from legal custody; ārescue prisonersā
rescue, deliver
(verb) free from harm or evil
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Rescue
A city in California.
Anagrams
• Creuse, cereus, ceruse, cursee, recuse, secuer, secure
Etymology
Verb
rescue (third-person singular simple present rescues, present participle rescuing, simple past and past participle rescued) (transitive)
To save from any violence, danger or evil.
To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
To recover forcibly.
To deliver by arms, notably from a siege.
(figuratively) To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
(figuratively) To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.
Synonyms
• (to save from violence, danger or evil): free, deliver, pull out of the fire, save the day
• (to free from confinement): liberate, release
• (to free from restraint): release, unshackle, untie
• (to recover forcibly): recapture, retake
• (to deliver by arms): liberate
• (to rescue from evil or sin): redeem, save
Antonyms
• (all senses): abandon, ignore
• (to save from violence, danger or evil): endanger, imperil
• (to free from confinement): enslave, incarcerate
• (to free from restraint): bind, constrict, hamper, inhibit, obstruct, preclude
• (to recover forcibly): kidnap
• (to deliver by arms): arrest, capture
• (to rescue from evil or sin): corrupt, deprave
Noun
rescue (countable and uncountable, plural rescues)
An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
A liberation, freeing.
The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril
A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded
A rescuee.
Usage notes
• Often used attributively as an adjective, e.g. "rescue equipment".
Anagrams
• Creuse, cereus, ceruse, cursee, recuse, secuer, secure
Source: Wiktionary
Res"cue (rs"k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rescued (-kd);p. pr. & vb. n. Rescuing.] Etym: [OE. rescopuen, OF. rescourre, rescurre, rescorre; L. pref. re- re- + excutere to shake or drive out; ex out + quatere to shake. See Qtash to crush, Rercussion.]
Definition: 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. Had I been seized by a hungry lion, I would have been a breakfast to the best, Rather than have false Proteus rescue me. Shak.
Syn.
– To retake; recapture; free; deliver; liberate; release; save.
Res"cue (rs"k), n. Etym: [From Rescue, v.; cf. Rescous.]
1. The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation. Spur to the rescue of the noble Talbot. Shak.
2. (Law) (a) The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained. (b) The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment. (c) The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy. Bouvier. The rescue of a prisoner from the court is punished with perpetual imprisonment and forfeiture of goods. Blackstone. Rescue grass. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A tall grass (Ceratochloa unioloides) somewhat resembling chess, cultivated for hay and forage in the Southern States.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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