[
US
/ˈɹɛskju/
]
[ UK /ɹˈɛskjuː/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈɛskjuː/ ]
VERB
-
take forcibly from legal custody
rescue prisoners - free from harm or evil
NOUN
-
recovery or preservation from loss or danger
a surgeon's job is the saving of lives
work is the deliverance of mankind
How To Use rescue In A Sentence
- A few billion of that new economic rescue plan will go to weatherize one million homes a year.
- Brunhild, a mischievous, strong-minded goldfish (the voice of Noah Cyrus, Miley's younger sister), is determined to become a little girl when she's rescued from a jar and befriended by Sosuke (the voice of Frankie Jonas, the Jonas Brothers 'kid brother), a plucky, self-reliant 5-year-old. No Time's Right for 'Traveler's Wife'
- We had given up hope of rescue.
- The climbers face certain death if the rescue today is unsuccessful.
- I had always envisioned a sort of heroic rescue, but those were only dreams.
- Faced with difficulties from recalcitrant landowners and political opponents, the scheme eventually necessitated financial rescue by the king himself.
- The youth he rescued, known only as a Mr Thorpe, was treated in the casualty department at Middlesbrough General.
- Local residents rushed to rescue dogs from the flames before fire engines arrived. Times, Sunday Times
- Eventually after three hours four beltmen had reached us and the rescue was completed.
- THERE have been many reports about the numbers of stray and abandoned animals in rescue centres. The Sun