Rescue

Verb

 * 1) To save from any violence, danger or evil.
 * ''The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche
 * 1) To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
 * to rescue a prisoner from the enemy
 * 1) To recover forcibly
 * 2) To deliver by arms, notably from a siege
 * 3)  To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
 * ''Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls

Synonyms
To retake, recapture, free, deliver, liberate, release, save.

Antonyms

 * incarcerate
 * constrict
 * inhibit
 * hamper
 * obstruct
 * preclude
 * bind
 * abandon
 * ignore
 * enslave

Derived terms

 * rescuee
 * rescuer

Related terms

 * quash

Noun

 * 1) An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
 * 2) A liberation, freeing.
 * 3) The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril
 * ''The rescue of Jerusalem was the original motive of the Crusaders
 * 1) A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded
 * 2) A rescuee.
 * The dog proved a rescue with some behavior issues.

Derived terms

 * come to someone's rescue
 * rescue dog
 * rescue mission

Verbs for Rescue
aid in—; dash to—; deplore—; clog—; cumber—; expedite—; hamper—; hasten—; hinder—; impede—; interrupt—; obstruct—; perform—; pray for—; retard—; speed—; —delivers; —discommodes; —embarrasses; —preserves; —relieves; —saves.

Adverbs for Rescue
nobly; heroically; triumphantly; gallantly; stalwartly; rashly; boldly; courageously.

Thesaurus
Emancipation Proclamation, abet, affranchise, affranchisement, aid, assist, assistance, avail, bail out, bear a hand, befriend, benefit, break, breakout, buy, comfort, conserve, deliver, deliverance, delivery, disembarrass, disentangle, disenthrall, disenthrallment, do good, doctor, ease, emancipate, emancipation, emergence, enfranchise, enfranchisement, escape, escapism, evasion, extract, extricate, extrication, favor, flight, free, freeing, gay liberation, getaway, give a boost, give a hand, give a lift, give help, good offices, help, issuance, issue, jailbreak, leak, leakage, lend a hand, lend one aid, let go free, let loose, liberate, liberation, manumission, manumit, ministration, ministry, office, offices, outlet, preserve, prisonbreak, proffer aid, protect, protection, rally, ransom, reclaim, recoup, recover, recycle, redeem, regain, release, relief, relieve, remedy, render assistance, restore, resuscitate, retrieve, revive, riddance, salvage, save, saving, service, set at large, set at liberty, set free, set up, setting at liberty, setting-free, succor, support, take in tow, therapy, vent, win back

Etymology
rescopuen, rescourre, rescurre, rescorre;  prefix re- re- + excutere to shake or drive out; ex out + quatere to shake.

Verb

 * Arabic: أنقذ, خلص
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  營救,  营救,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,


 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:, ,  救い出す,
 * Polish:
 * Russian:,  ; выручать , выручить
 * Ukrainian: рятувати


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:


 * Russian: освобождать ,


 * Dutch: loswrikken, ontfutselen


 * Dutch:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * Russian:,  ; выручать , выручить


 * : délivrer, sauver
 * : חילוץ (ħi'lutz)


 * : 구출하다 (guchulhada)
 * : కాపాడు (kaapaaDu), రక్షించు (rakshinchu)
 * : కాపాడు (kaapaaDu), రక్షించు (rakshinchu)
 * : కాపాడు (kaapaaDu), రక్షించు (rakshinchu)
 * : కాపాడు (kaapaaDu), రక్షించు (rakshinchu)
 * : కాపాడు (kaapaaDu), రక్షించు (rakshinchu)

Noun

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,


 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch:


 * Finnish: pelastuslento


 * : 救援 (jiù yuán), 营救 (yíng jiù) (1), 救护 (jiù hù) (2)
 * : délivrement, sauvetage, secours
 * : Rettung


 * : חילוץ (ħi'lutz) (1), רכב חילוץ (re'khev ħi'lutz) (2)
 * : రక్షణ (rakshaNa)

Anagrams

 * cereus
 * ceruse
 * recuse
 * secure