rescuing

To save from any violence, danger or evil.

“The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche.”

To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.

“to rescue a prisoner from the enemy.”

To recover forcibly.

To deliver by arms, notably from a siege.

To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.

“Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls.”

To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.

The act of effecting a rescue.