rescue

B1 Topic:Maritime & Sailing

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.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

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

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Phrases (2)

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rescue a dog
to save or adopt a dog from a shelter or dangerous situation

Verb + noun
rescue an animal
to save an animal from danger, neglect, or harsh conditions

Verb + noun

Simplified etymology

Rescue came from Old French rescoure, based on Latin excutere, “shake out” or “discard,” with re- intensifying the sense. The underlying image was of shaking a captive out of an enemy’s hands.

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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Topics

Maritime & Sailing Actions & Processes

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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
- Maritime & Sailing
- Actions & Processes

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