rescue

B1 Topic:Safety & Risk

US /ˈɹɛs.kju/ UK /ˈɹɛs.kjuː/ See IPA manual

Freq #2225

Meanings

1

verb
To save someone or something from danger or harm.

The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche.
2

verb
To set someone free from being held or trapped.

Soldiers rescued the prisoner from the enemy camp.

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1 verb · to save someone or... deliver free save

2 verb · to set someone free from... liberate release

Word family

Forms rescuedrescuesrescuing

Derived forms neurorescuenonrescuepararescuepararescuemanrescuablerescueerescuelessrescuemanrescuerunrescued

Related forms quash

Etymology

From Middle English rescouen, from Old French rescoure, rescurre, rescorre; from Latin prefix re- (“re-”) + excutere (“to shake or drive out”), from ex (“out”) + quatiō (“to shake”).

rescouen Middle English rescoure Old French

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# rescue

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈɹɛs.kju/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɹɛs.kjuː/
**Frequency rank:** 2225

## Meanings
1. To save someone or something from danger or harm.
2. To set someone free from being held or trapped.

## Examples
- The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche.
- Soldiers rescued the prisoner from the enemy camp.

## Derived Forms
- neurorescue
- nonrescue
- pararescue
- pararescueman
- rescuable
- rescuee
- rescueless
- rescueman
- rescuer
- unrescued

## Related Forms
- quash

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: rescouen
- Root: rescoure

## Etymology
From Middle English rescouen, from Old French rescoure, rescurre, rescorre; from Latin prefix re- (“re-”) + excutere (“to shake or drive out”), from ex (“out”) + quatiō (“to shake”).

## AI Etymology
Rescue comes from Middle English rescouen, from Old French rescoure, rescurre, rescorre; from Latin prefix re- (“re-”) + excutere (“to shake or drive out”), from ex (“out”) + quatiō (“to shake”). Modern senses include to save someone or something from danger or harm. and to set someone free from being held or trapped.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as neurorescue, nonrescue, pararescue, pararescueman, rescuable, and rescuee and related forms such as quash.

## Topics
- Safety & Risk

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