Rescue

Quick meaning: Rescue is a verb meaning To save from any violence, danger or evil.

Meaning

To save from any violence, danger or evil.

More Meanings

1. To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
2. To recover forcibly, especially from a siege.
3. (figuratively) To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
4. (figuratively) To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.
5. To salvage and restore something that has been discarded.
6. To fix a mistake made while preparing something, especially in cooking.
7. (biology, genetics) To restore a particular trait in an organism that was lost or altered, especially where this loss was as the consequence of some experimental manipulation.

Example Sentences

to rescue a prisoner from the enemy

The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche.

Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls.

Soon after rescuing some silly children from the local caves, the alien prangs his vessel and dies.

Word Forms

• rescues
• rescuing
• rescued

Synonyms for rescue

Depending on context, synonyms include free, deliver, liberate, release, recapture, retake.

Antonyms for rescue

Common opposites include endanger, imperil, arrest, capture, kidnap, besiege.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include saving, deliverance, delivery, deliver, save, life-saving.

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