rescue

Definition

Examples

Firefighters rescued two people from the burning building.

Word Family

Synonyms

• save(sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
• deliverdeliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
• salvageproperty or goods saved from damage or destruction

Collocations

• Easy rescue a stray kitten
  to rescue a stray kitten, meaning to free from harm or evil
• Medium emergency mountain rescue operation
  describing emergency mountain rescue operation (a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action)
• Hard mount a financial rescue package for failing banks
  to mount a financial rescue package for failing banks, meaning to attach to a support
• Very Hard come to the rescue just as bankruptcy loomed
  to come to the rescue just as bankruptcy loomed, meaning to move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody