Words Like RESCUE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to RESCUE.

7 Alternative Words Similar to rescue

1 Delivery Noun      Synonym Words Like Delivery
2 Saving Noun      Synonym Words Like Saving
3 Deliver Verb      Synonym Words Like Deliver
4 Save Verb      Synonym Words Like Save
5 Take Verb      Synonym Words Like Take
6 Rescued Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Rescued
7 Relieve Verb      Hyponym Words Like Relieve

2 examples of rescue

1 to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction.
2 a surgeon's job is the saving of lives

10 definitions of rescue

1 To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil
2 The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation.
3 The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained.
4 The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment.
5 The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy.
6 free from harm or evil
7 take forcibly from legal custody
8 recovery or preservation from loss or danger
9 To set free, as from danger or imprisonment; save. See Synonyms at save1.
10 Law To take from legal custody by force.
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