rescue

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To save from any violence, danger or evil.

   • The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche.
   • Soon after rescuing some silly children from the local caves, the alien prangs his vessel and dies.
   • The students’ final mission was their longest: a trip across the Nile to the city of Omdurman, at the request of Rwandan diplomats, to rescue a woman who, unlike the first they rescued, really was pregnant.
2. 2

   To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.

   • to rescue a prisoner from the enemy
3. 3

   To recover forcibly, especially from a siege.

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   1. 4

      To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.

      • Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls.
   2. 5

      To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.

      • Jews rescued some normalcy from increasingly difficult times by assuaging their constant Angst in the family and community and making do with less.
      • Arsenal's hopes of starting their Champions League campaign with an away win were dashed when substitute Ivan Perisic's superb late volley rescued a point for Borussia Dortmund.
      • Over the course of the season, on 15 occasions the team had rescued a draw or better after falling behind, such that even against Juventus, there was an air of inevitability about the comeback.
   3. 6

      To restore a particular trait in an organism that was lost or altered, especially where…

      To restore a particular trait in an organism that was lost or altered, especially where this loss was as the consequence of some experimental manipulation.

      • Mecp2^(R255X/+) [mice] developed an overweight body weight phenotype by 10 weeks age and increased liver and heart weight by 8 months age. Abnormal body, liver and heart weight in Mecp2^(R255X/+) was rescued by MECP2ᵀᵍ¹ allele.
   4. 7

      To salvage and restore something that has been discarded.

      • I rescued a set of antique dining chairs.
      • She had rescued a sofa once, had managed to locate the dealer who had bought it from under her nose while she perused a junk shop, and offered to buy it from him.
   5. 8

      To fix a mistake made while preparing something, especially in cooking.

      • The cook rescued the sauce after it began to curdle.
      • To rescue whipped cream that has been overwhipped and appears grainy, add a little more liquid cream and whip it briefly or until very smooth and soft.
   6. 9

      To adopt (an animal).

      • We rescued a dog, Dylan, which would begin my lifelong love of animals, especially dogs.
   7. 10

      An act or episode of rescuing, saving.

      • Guests marveled that they kept making more rescues.
   8. 11

      A liberation, freeing.

   9. 12

      The act of unlawfully freeing a person, or confiscated goods, from custody.

   10. 13

       The forcible ending of a siege

       The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril.

       • The rescue of Jerusalem was the original motive of the Crusaders
   11. 14

       A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded.

   12. 15

       A rescuee.

       • The dog was a rescue with some behavior issues.
   13. 16

       A city in California.

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