Rescue
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:10 pts6 letters
Definition of Rescue
Verb
- To save from any violence, danger or evil.
"The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche."
- To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
"to rescue a prisoner from the enemy"
- To recover forcibly, especially from a siege.
- To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
"Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls."
- To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.
Noun
- An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
- A liberation, freeing.
- The act of unlawfully freeing a person, or confiscated goods, from custody.
- The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril.
"The rescue of Jerusalem was the original motive of the Crusaders"
- A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded.
Anagrams of Rescue
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