rescue
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈrɛskju/
:
rescate
- The firefighters' timely rescue saved the family trapped in the burning building.
- rescue operation
- rescue mission
- hostage rescue
Then you know that rescue is at least two days away.
- Then you know that rescue is at least two days away.
- It's when the search and rescue officer is talking to him.
- And unless Britain, Russia or France could hurry to the rescue, Italy would fall.
- And at the end there's a hostage rescue and and he's like the hero.
- The consensus now is focus on hostage rescues, focus on aid to the region.
- This this multi month hostage rescue school that is a Hyatt Ritter.
- Well, Black women to the rescue, the people you don't defend.
- When you're going through like the embassy, the rescue, what's the procedure before that?
- So now my big dream of being a pair of rescue men, I'm now seeing that do this.
Examples
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It's when the search and rescue officer is talking to him.
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There is no one coming to the rescue.
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Then you know that rescue is at least two days away.
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This your idea of a rescue mission?
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At last, she took it into her head to attempt a rescue all by herself.
Fiction book (1992) -
I asked David about the rescue during an interview in my office.
Academic text (1999) -
Of course, her boyfriend comes to her rescue.
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The men were proud of their grand rescue of a woman in peril.
Fiction book (1992) -
SeaWorld operates the largest manatee rescue and release program in the United States.
Academic text (1991) -
You're confined to the infirmary until the rescue team arrives to take you back.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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3.0
An operation to save people from danger
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7.4
Being rescued from danger or harm
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5.5
An act of saving things from danger, like a ship or cargo
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3.1
Organized effort to save people who are trapped or in danger
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3.4
A planned effort to find and help people who are lost or in danger after an emergency
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7.0
The freeing of a town from enemy attack by soldiers
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2.1
Protecting people or things from danger
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Compounds
A planned effort to find and help people who are lost or in danger after an emergency
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2.8
Tools and devices used to save people in emergencies like stretchers and first aid kits
- Specialized
Organized effort to recover data and restart computer systems after a computer attack or failure
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Etymology
The word rescue comes from old French words that meant 'help' or 'save'. A 'rescue' is the act of taking someone out of danger, which is why the word means the saving of a person or thing.