rescue

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To save someone or something from danger or harm.

   The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche.

2. 2
   verb

   To set someone free from being held or trapped.

   Soldiers rescued the prisoner from the enemy camp.

Common collocations

• rescue a dog Verb + noun
• rescue an animal Verb + noun

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”).

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