Verb: rescue res-kyoo
- Free from harm or evil
"The firefighters rescued the trapped family from the burning building";
- deliver
- Take forcibly from legal custody
"rescue prisoners"
- Recovery or preservation from loss or danger
"The coast guard's rescue of the stranded sailors was heroic";
- deliverance, delivery, saving
Derived forms: rescued, rescues, rescuing
Type of: bring through, carry through, pull through, recovery, retrieval, save, take
Encyclopedia: Rescue, Missouri