to deliver

Examples

• All

• God would raise up the judge to deliver the people from a specific crisis.

• In the story, the hero was sent to deliver the village from the dragon's wrath.

• Lord, deliver us, Father, deliver us from evil.

• Thanks be to God who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  George Janko

• We are not gods, exactly, but we are heaven-sent... ...to deliver you from your enemies.

  The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

• Finally, Gaifer realized that Christ could deliver him from his sins, and he was saved.

  Academic text (2003)

• And for the glory of thy name, deliver us; be merciful to us sinners.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Sue's come back to us, delivered, literally, out of the jaws of death by our new-found friend, Mr. Michael J. Dundee.

  Crocodile Dundee (1986)

• The prayer asked God to deliver the faithful from temptation and sin.

• Many seek help from their faith, hoping it will deliver them from suffering.

Synonyms

R

to rescue

vsto deliver

633 1.0

Save someone or something from danger

often has a religious or literary sense beyond ordinary physical help

S

to save

vsto deliver

• Formal

586 7.9

Help someone be forgiven and avoid punishment after death

is used also for helping people out of physical danger and for spiritual aid

R

to redeem

vsto deliver

33 7.6

Save someone from sin or evil in a religious way

also applies to helping people out of physical danger or in literary contexts

Antonyms

A

to abandon

773 3.1

Leave someone or something behind permanently and without care

E

to endanger

124 3.7

To put someone or something in danger of harm

Idioms

D

to deliver the goods

• Informal

4 3.9

To do what was promised and get the expected result

D

to deliver the message to Garcia

• US

9.7

To start and finish a task without needing instructions or help

Phrasal Verbs

D

to deliver a speech

• Formal

8 3.3

To give a formal talk to an audience

D

to deliver results

• Jargon

3 3.7

Achieve the needed goal at work or in projects

D

to deliver package

3 2.0

To take a package to a person or place and give it to them

How Rescued

to liberate

104 4.3

to deliver

• Literature

97 8.9

to save

∞ 1.0

rescue

730 1.0

to aid

238 1.0

help

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology