rescue
Use Rescue in a sentence
kyu verb (used with object)
1.
to free or deliver from confinement, violence, danger, or evil.
2.
Law. to liberate or take by forcible or illegal means from lawful custody.
noun
3.
the act of rescuing.
Origin:
1300–50; (v.) Middle English rescuen < Old French rescourre, equivalent to re- re- + escourre to shake, drive out, remove < Latin excutere (ex- ex-1 + -cutere, combining form of quatere to shake); (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.
1300–50; (v.) Middle English rescuen < Old French rescourre, equivalent to re- re- + escourre to shake, drive out, remove < Latin excutere (ex- ex-1 + -cutere, combining form of quatere to shake); (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.
Related forms
res·cu·a·ble, adjective
res·cue·less, adjective
res·cu·er, noun
non·res·cue, noun
qua·si-res·cued, adjective
Synonyms
1. liberate, release, save, redeem, ransom, extricate, recover. 3. liberation, deliverance, release, redemption, recovery.
1. liberate, release, save, redeem, ransom, extricate, recover. 3. liberation, deliverance, release, redemption, recovery.
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rescue (ˈrɛskjuː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , -cues, -cuing, -cued | |
| 1. | to bring (someone or something) out of danger, attack, harm, etc; deliver or save |
| 2. | to free (a person) from legal custody by force |
| 3. | law to seize (goods or property) by force |
| —n | |
| 4. | a. the act or an instance of rescuing |
| b. (as modifier): a rescue party | |
| 5. | the forcible removal of a person from legal custody |
| 6. | law the forcible seizure of goods or property |
| [C14: rescowen, from Old French rescourre, from | |
| 'rescuable | |
| —adj | |
| 'rescuer | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
rescue
c.1300 (n. and v.), from stem of O.Fr. rescourre, from re-, intensive prefix, + escourre "to cast off, discharge," from L. excutere "to shake off, drive away," from ex- "out" + -cutere, combining form of quatere "to shake" (see quash).
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Example sentences
Summers helped organize a fifty-billion-dollar rescue package to stabilize the situation and restore confidence.
It buried one of the stricken rail carriages and restored rail services, all before rescue operations had ended.
In addition, rescue workers blew several small holes in the ship's hull this week, to speed their search for any survivors.
Unsurprisingly, a wide array of firms in a wide array of industries are counting on the feds to come to the rescue.
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