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- pronunciation:
- re
skyu
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
rescues, rescuing, rescued |
| definition: |
to free or save, as from danger or confinement.
- synonyms:
- deliver, free, help, liberate, salvage, save
- similar words:
- bail out, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate, loose, manumit, redeem, relieve
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| related words: |
deliver, prompt, release, salvage, save, spare, succor |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act of delivering from danger, harm, or restriction.
- synonyms:
- deliverance, delivery, salvage
- similar words:
- relief, salvation
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| definition 2: |
a team of people that rescues or a service that coordinates rescues.
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| derivations: |
rescuable (adj.), rescuer (n.) |
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