📖 Definitions of "Rescue"
noun
- 1
An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
- 2
A liberation, freeing.
- 3
The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril
"The rescue of Jerusalem was the original motive of the Crusaders"
- 4
A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded
verb
- 1
To save from any violence, danger or evil.
"The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche."
- 2
To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
"to rescue a prisoner from the enemy."
- 3
To recover forcibly.
- 4
To deliver by arms, notably from a siege.
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