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Verb: salvage  sal-vij
  1. Prevent being ruined, destroyed, lost, or harmed
    "The team worked tirelessly to salvage what they could from the wreckage";
    - salve, relieve, save
     
  2. Collect discarded material
    "She salvaged the garbage cans for food";
    - scavenge
     
  3. Recover or preserve something positive from a bad situation
    "We managed to salvage our dignity from the embarrassing defeat"
Noun: salvage  sal-vij
  1. The act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire
    "The coast guard's salvage operation saved both the crew and valuable cargo"
     
  2. The act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction
    "The salvage of artworks from the burning museum was a heroic effort"
     
  3. Property or goods saved from damage or destruction
    "The salvage from the shipwreck was auctioned off"

Derived forms: salvaging, salvages, salvaged

Type of: belongings, collect, commodity, deliver, deliverance, delivery, garner, gather, good, holding, property, pull together, rescue, saving, trade good

Encyclopedia: Salvage, Newfoundland and Labrador