rescue
/ˈɹɛs.kjuː/ · noun
Meaning
- An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
- A liberation, freeing.
- The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril
- A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded
- A rescuee.
- To save from any violence, danger or evil.
- To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
- To recover forcibly.
- To deliver by arms, notably from a siege.
- To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
- To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.
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