rescue
noun
1. recovery or preservation from loss or danger
Similar word(s): deliverance, delivery, saving
Definition categories: act, recovery, retrieval
Sentences with rescue as a noun:
- The rescue of Jerusalem was the original motive of the Crusaders
- The dog proved a rescue with some behavior issues.
verb
1. free from harm or evil
Similar word(s): deliver
Definition categories: social, save
2. take forcibly from legal custody
- rescue prisoners
Definition categories: possession, take
Sentences with rescue as a verb:
- The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche.
- to rescue a prisoner from the enemy.
- Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls.