rescue (ˈrɛskjuː
)
Definitions
verb
(tr)- to bring (someone or something) out of danger, attack, harm, etc; deliver or save
- to free (a person) from legal custody by force
- law to seize (goods or property) by force
noun
- the act or an instance of rescuing
- ((as modifier) ⇒
a rescue party
- the forcible removal of a person from legal custody
- law the forcible seizure of goods or property
Alternative Forms
ˈrescuable adjective ˈrescuer nounWord Origin
C14: rescowen , from Old French rescourre , from re- + escourre to pull away, from Latin excutere to shake off, from quatere to shakeSynonyms
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- British English:
rescue
A rescue is an attempt to save someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation....a major air-sea rescue.ˈrɛskjuː NOUN ...a major air-sea rescue.
- Spanish:
rescate
nm
- French:
rescousse
nf
- German:
Rettung
nf
- Chinese: 援救 n
- Arabic: إنْقاذ n
- Portuguese: salvamento nm
- Russian: спасение nnt
- Croatian: spašavanje nnt
- Czech: záchrana nf
- Danish: redning nutr
- Dutch: redding nf
- Finnish: pelastus n
- Greek: διάσωση nf
- Italian: salvataggio nm
- Japanese: 救助 n
- Korean: 구조 n
- Norwegian: redningsaksjon nm
- Polish: ratunek nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: resgate nm
- European Spanish:
rescate
nm
- Swedish: räddning nutr
- Thai: การช่วยชีวิต n
- Turkish: kurtarma n
- Vietnamese: sự cứu nguy n
- British English:
rescue
If you rescue someone, you get them out of a dangerous or unpleasant situation.Helicopters rescued nearly 20 people from the roof of the burning building.ˈrɛskjuː VERB Helicopters rescued nearly 20 people from the roof of the burning building.
- Spanish:
rescatar
v
- French:
secourir
vt
- German:
retten
v
- Chinese: 援救 v
- Arabic: يُنْقِذُ v
- Portuguese: salvar v
- Russian: спасать v
- Croatian: spasiti v
- Czech: zachránit v zachraňovat
- Danish: redde v
- Dutch: redden v
- Finnish: pelastaa v
- Greek: διασώζω v
- Italian: soccorrere v
- Japanese: 救う v
- Korean: 구조하다 v
- Norwegian: redde v
- Polish: uratować v ratować
- Brazilian Portuguese: resgatar v
- European Spanish:
rescatar
v
- Swedish: rädda v
- Thai: ช่วยเหลือ v
- Turkish: kurtarmak v
- Vietnamese: cứu v
Usage examples
The Turkish authorities had insisted that any rescue attempt would only be carried out by their own commandos.
, A Song at Twilight (1989)You won't make it five miles, so stay with your car a rescue plane will see sunlight reflecting off the metal.
Maxim (2004)Without SEED and the Hope funding, they would have no chance of rescue.
Irish Times (2002)Gonzalez came to Airdrie's rescue again to deny Prest, at the second attempt.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Whenever our meaning structure is threatened with disconfirmation, pride comes to the rescue , telling us that we alone are special.
, BEYOND FEAR (2002)