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to rescue

to rescue

633 1.0
Save someone or something from danger
  • verb
  • /ˈrɛskju/
translation icon : rescatar
  • They get out and start to help to rescue these children.
  • rescue hostages
  • try to rescue
  • attempt to rescue

This is when they are rescuing a girl, right?

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Examples

  • "At the local level, we've been trying to rescue kids who are in trouble."

    Academic text (1999)
  • British ships lower boats to rescue the few survivors.

  • Got a girl who wants to rescue her brother.

  • But the good news is, I think we can rescue it pretty easily.

  • Come up here and rescue me right now.

  • Men working late at their jobs rushed home to rescue their families.

    Academic text (2011)
  • They rescued him from a big cat sanctuary.

  • I can't rescue you if I can't find you.

  • Scholars will have to work hard to rescue our understanding of the Reagan era from misinformation.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Firefighters worked together to rescue the trapped climber from the mountainside.

Synonyms

to save
vsto rescue
1.0

Rescue someone or something from danger

covers help with unpleasant situations as well as avoiding physical ruin
to deliver
vsto rescue
  • Literature
97 8.9

To save someone from danger or evil

is the common everyday term without special religious or literary tone
16 3.1

To help someone who is in trouble or danger

is used more broadly, not limited to action at one crucial moment
to come to the rescue
vsto rescue
14 3.4

Arrive to help someone who is in trouble

can also describe preventing harm without any physical arrival
3 3.1

To help someone when they are in trouble

focuses on removing people from danger or harm rather than general help
to succor
vsto rescue
  • Formal
1 9.6

To give help to someone in a difficult or dangerous time

aims to remove people from danger or harm rather than just offering help
to save (someone's) ass
vsto rescue
  • Offensive
1 9.3

To help someone out of a dangerous or embarrassing situation at the last moment

is the neutral everyday word rather than a crude or joking informal expression
1 8.9

Save someone from a difficult situation at the last moment

is the standard neutral verb rather than an informal idiom
to salve
vsto rescue
9.1

To stop a person or thing from being ruined

is used more widely, including danger, harm, and everyday problems

Antonyms

773 3.1

Leave someone or something behind permanently and without care

256 3.8

Fail to care for someone or something you should look after

Idioms

To help someone who is in trouble or danger

Phrasal Verbs

Arrive to help someone who is in trouble

Compounds

An operation to save people from danger

Organized effort to save people who are trapped or in danger

7 2.7

A group of people who are sent to save others in danger

A planned effort to find and help people who are lost or in danger after an emergency

Tools and devices used to save people in emergencies like stretchers and first aid kits

rescue operation
  • Specialized
3.6

Organized effort to recover data and restart computer systems after a computer attack or failure

How Complete

to liberate
104 4.3
to rescue
633 1.0
help
1.0
assist
33 1.8

Surface Forms

rescue infinitive
rescued past
rescued past participle
rescuing present participle
rescues third person singular

Etymology

The word rescue comes from old French words that meant 'help' or 'save' people from danger. Think of pulling someone out of a river or a burning house; that picture shows why to rescue someone is to save them from harm.