rescue

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1. rescue - Noun

2. rescue - Verb

4. Rescue - Proper noun

Meaning

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; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction.

The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation.

The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained.

The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment.

The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy.

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A new era will dawn in Africa, when the impoverished masses of a nation rise up to rescue their right to a decent life from the hands of the ruling oligarchies. Che Guevara

When I was a kid, my dream was to be a farmer and marry Charlie Brown. I wanted to rescue him and make him happy. Besides, he was always lusting after "the little redhead girl." Alicia Witt

But now, instead of discussion and argument, brute force rises up to the rescue of discomfited error, and crushes truth and right into the dust. 'Might makes right,' and hoary folly totters on in her mad career escorted by armies and navies. Adin Ballou

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power. Daniel Webster

Those who rescue are always crucified. Mexican Proverb

The people who rescue and kill. Xhosa Proverb

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