Synonyms for salvage

Grammar : Verb

Spell : sal-vij

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæl vɪdʒ

Top 10 synonyms for salvage

Other synonyms for the word salvage

get back

Définition of salvage

Origin : 1640s, "payment for saving a ship from wreck or capture," from French salvage (15c.), from Old French salver "to save" (see save (v.)). The general sense of "the saving of property from danger" is attested from 1878. Meaning "recycling of waste material" is from 1918, from the British effort in World War I.

verb save, rescue

Example sentences :

Madden shook his head, "No, I believe we ought to get salvage on the whole dock."
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

A pretty piece of salvage, he reflected, if he could land her on Mars.
Extract from : « Salvage in Space » by John Stewart Williamson

I fetched the water bucket and started to salvage what I could of the cargo.
Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Always glad to pick up a derelict, may be a chance for salvage, you know.
Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Will the salvage warrant helping us into port; that is, New Orleans?
Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham

It was a piece of salvage from a two-engine commercial airplane.
Extract from : « Pleasant Journey » by Richard F. Thieme

Nor do you salvage it after the crew stops screaming for help.
Extract from : « Death of a Spaceman » by Walter M. Miller

It is only reasonable, then, if I save the craft, that I should claim the salvage.
Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever

"Those droghers will go anywhere on a chance of salvage," George explained.
Extract from : « With The Night Mail » by Rudyard Kipling

"You and Jarvis are off to salvage the auxiliary," the Captain said.
Extract from : « Valley of Dreams » by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum

Antonyms for salvage

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