rescue Synonyms

rescue Meaning

Wordnet

rescue (n)

recovery or preservation from loss or danger

Wordnet

rescue (v)

free from harm or evil

take forcibly from legal custody

Webster

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.

Webster

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.

rescue Sentence Examples

  1. Firefighters bravely rescued a family trapped in a burning building.
  2. The helicopter was dispatched to rescue hikers stranded on a remote mountaintop.
  3. Volunteers tirelessly worked to rescue animals from the flooded area.
  4. The police officer heroically rescued a child from a speeding car.
  5. The lifeguard swiftly rescued a swimmer caught in a strong current.
  6. A search and rescue team was assembled to locate lost hikers in the wilderness.
  7. The stranded boaters were rescued by a passing ship.
  8. The mountain climbers were rescued from a snowstorm by a helicopter.
  9. The animal shelter rescued dozens of abandoned cats and dogs.
  10. The hostages were rescued from their captors in a daring raid.

FAQs About the word rescue

recovery or preservation from loss or danger, free from harm or evil, take forcibly from legal custodyTo free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger,

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adventure, endanger, venture, risk, endanger, jeopardize, adventure, jeopardize, compromise, risk

Firefighters bravely rescued a family trapped in a burning building.

The helicopter was dispatched to rescue hikers stranded on a remote mountaintop.

Volunteers tirelessly worked to rescue animals from the flooded area.

The police officer heroically rescued a child from a speeding car.