Rescued

verb

/ˈɹɛs.kjuːd/

Word Frequency: 3.2

Definitions

1.verbTo save from any violence, danger or evil.

"The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche."

2.verbTo free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.

"to rescue a prisoner from the enemy."

3.verbTo recover forcibly.

4.verbTo deliver by arms, notably from a siege.

5.verbTo remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.

"Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls."

6.verbTo achieve something positive under difficult conditions.

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