Synonyms for rescue
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : res-kyoo |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛs kyu |
Top 10 synonyms for rescue Other synonyms for the word rescue
- bail one out
- conserve
- deliver
- deliverance
- disembarrass
- disembarrassment
- disentangle
- disentanglement
- emancipate
- emancipation
- exploit
- extrication
- feat
- get off the hook
- get out
- get out of hock
- give a break
- heroics
- heroism
- hold over
- liberation
- manumit
- performance
- pull out of the fire
- ransom
- reclaiming
- reclamation
- recovering
- redeem
- redemption
- regain
- release
- relief
- retain
- retrieve
- safeguard
- salvage
- salvation
- save life of
- saving
- set free
- spring
- unleash
- unloose
Définition of rescue
Origin :- late 14c., from rescue (v.). Earlier noun was rescous (early 14c.), from Old French rescous.
- noun saving from danger
- verb save from danger
- “He fled, when Stephen made in to the rescue of my father,” said Dennet.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Mr. Gladstone said that the policy of the Government was to "rescue and retire."
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- The Greeks rushed to the rescue, while all Europe held aloof.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- What might not be happening to Corney, she thought, while she was on the way to his rescue!
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Alleyne stared open-eyed at this tigress who had sprung so suddenly to his rescue.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- "This is what I call a rescue," whispered Yates to his linked companion.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- Even then he would have been too late had not other rescue come more quickly.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Were it my nature to be other than a looker-on in life, I would attempt your rescue.
- Extract from : « Beneath an Umbrella (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Suppose he were in a burning house, would she have the courage to rescue him?
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- But if we can take the ship, we may rescue them before they go down or reach land.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
Antonyms for rescue
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