What does rescue mean?
Definitions for rescue
ˈrɛs kyures·cue
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word rescue.
Princeton's WordNet
rescue, deliverance, delivery, savingverb
recovery or preservation from loss or danger
"work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
rescue, deliververb
free from harm or evil
rescueverb
take forcibly from legal custody
"rescue prisoners"
Wiktionary
rescuenoun
An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
rescuenoun
A liberation, freeing.
rescuenoun
The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril
The rescue of Jerusalem was the original motive of the Crusaders
rescuenoun
A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded
rescuenoun
A rescuee.
The dog proved a rescue with some behavior issues.
rescueverb
To save from any violence, danger or evil.
The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche
rescueverb
To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
to rescue a prisoner from the enemy
rescueverb
To recover forcibly
rescueverb
To deliver by arms, notably from a siege
rescueverb
To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls.
Rescuenoun
A city in California (zip code 95672)
Etymology: rescopuen, from rescourre, rescurre, rescorre; from prefix re- + excutere, from ex + quatere.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Rescuenoun
Deliverance from violence, danger, or confinement.
Etymology: rescousse,rescosse, old Fr. rescussus, low Lat.
How comes it, you
Have holp to make this rescue. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.To RESCUEverb
To set free from any violence, confinement, or danger.
Etymology: rescorre, old Fr.
Sir Scudamore, after long sorrow, in the end met with Britomartis, who succoured him and reskewed his love. Edmund Spenser.
My uncles both are slain in rescuing me. William Shakespeare.
We’re beset with thieves;
Rescue thy mistress, if thou be a man. William Shakespeare.Dr. Bancroft understood the church excellently, and had almost rescued it out of the hands of the Calvinian party. Clar.
He that is so sure of his particular election, as to resolve he can never fall, if he commit those acts, against which scripture is plain, that they that do them shall not inherit eternal life, must necessarily resolve, that nothing but the removing his fundamental error can rescue him from the superstructive. Henry Hammond, Fundamentals.
Who was that just man, whom had not heav’n
Rescu’d, had in his righteousness been lost? John Milton.Riches cannot rescue from the grave,
Which claims alike the monarch and the slave. Dryden.
Wikipedia
Rescue
Rescue comprises responsive operations that usually involve the saving of life, or the urgent treatment of injuries after an accident or a dangerous situation. Tools used might include search and rescue dogs, mounted search and rescue horses, helicopters, the "jaws of life", and other hydraulic cutting and spreading tools used to extricate individuals from wrecked vehicles. Rescue operations are sometimes supported by rescue vehicles operated by rescue squads.
ChatGPT
rescue
Rescue refers to the act of saving or liberating someone or something from danger, harm, confinement, or undesirable situation by providing aid, relief or assistance. This may involve various actions such as physical intervention, providing financial help, or offering emotional support. The term is commonly used in emergency services, military operations, and humanitarian efforts.
Webster Dictionary
Rescueverb
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
Rescue
the act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation
Rescue
the forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained
Rescue
the forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment
Rescue
the retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy
Etymology: [From Rescue, v.; cf. Rescous.]
Wikidata
Rescue
Rescue comprises responsive operations that usually involve the saving of life, or prevention of injury during an incident or dangerous situation. Tools used might include search and rescue dogs, mounted search and rescue horses, helicopters, the "jaws of life", and other hydraulic cutting and spreading tools used to extricate individuals from wrecked vehicles. Rescue operations are sometimes supported by special vehicles such as fire department's or EMS heavy rescue vehicle.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Rescue
res′kū, v.t. to free from danger or violence: to deliver: to liberate:—pr.p. res′cūing; pa.t. and pa.p. res′cūed.—n. the act of rescuing: deliverance from violence or danger: forcible release from arrest or imprisonment.—adj. Res′cuable.—ns. Res′cuer; Rescūssēē′, the party rescued; Rescus′sor, one who makes an unlawful rescue. [M. E. rescous, a rescue—O. Fr. rescousse—rescourre—L. re-, away, excutĕre, to shake out—ex, out, quatĕre, to shake.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
rescue
Any vessel recovered by the insurrection of prisoners on board of her, or by her being forced by stress of weather into our ports, she is restored on salvage. There is no rule prescribed by the law of England in the case of foreign property rescued; with British subjects the court usually adopts the proportion of recapture. In respect to foreigners the only guide is that of "quantum meruit."
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
rescue
The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy.
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British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'rescue' in Nouns Frequency: #2077
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'rescue' in Verbs Frequency: #815
Anagrams for rescue »
cereus
ceruse
Creuse
recuse
secuer
secure
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rescue in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rescue in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of rescue in a Sentence
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka located the wreckage at 2:37 p.m. and lowered two rescue swimmers who reported no survivors.
Merchant Marine Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis:
This is a very difficult, a very complex rescue operation, the visibility is poor and the weather conditions are difficult.
The city will also push forward the planning and construction of a maritime medical rescue center. Submarine optical cables will be laid and put into use this year, and WiFi will cover all inhabited islands and reefs.
Where were you God? Why didn't You intervene to rescue him? why didn't they just shoot them? It would have been more merciful.
The vice president's son gets paid $ 50,000 a month and gets hired by a company in an industry Jim Jordan has no experience in and oh that's fine ? try taking that message to the American people... When they see the vice president's son getting paid $ 50,000 a month in a field, in an industry he has no experience in... And then when the company that's paying that money is under investigation, guess what ? Daddy comes running to the rescue. The vice president of the United States comes running in and says,' Fire that prospector.'.
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- أنقذ, خلصArabic
- ратунак, ратаваннеBelarusian
- rescatar, rescatCatalan, Valencian
- zachránitCzech
- reddeDanish
- retten, RettungGerman
- διασώζω, σώζω, διάσωσηGreek
- rescatar, rescateSpanish
- pelastaminen, pelastuslento, pelastaa, vapauttaa, pelastusFinnish
- rescousse, sauver, sauvetage, secourir, secours, délivrerFrench
- saoradhScottish Gaelic
- rescatar, rescateGalician
- megmentHungarian
- salvareItalian
- הצלהHebrew
- 助ける, 救い出す, 救出, 救う, 救助するJapanese
- rauora, whakarauoraMāori
- loswrikken, bevrijden, redding, redden, ontzetten, verlossen, ontfutselen, ontzettingDutch
- reddeNorwegian
- ratować, ratunekPolish
- resgatar, resgatePortuguese
- salvareRomanian
- освободить, выручать, выручить, освобождать, спасать, спасение, спастиRussian
- undsättning, rädda, räddning, undsättaSwedish
- மீட்புTamil
- порятунок, рятуватиUkrainian
- schaperWalloon
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