rescue

Definition

  • verb: to save (someone or something) from danger or harm
  • verb: to free from confinement, danger, or evil
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: save, free, deliver

Examples

  • The policeman 'came/went to the rescue of' the lost boy. [=the policeman rescued the lost boy]

  • When her brother lost his job, she 'came to his rescue' by paying his rent.

  • A fireman 'rescued' three children 'from' the burning building.

Movie quotes

  • (..) - Then how come you passed on Libya? - That wasn't my style. You got no style, Dutch. You know that. Come on. Why'd you pass? We're a rescue team, not assassins. Now, what we gotta do? That cabinet minister is important to our scope of operations. A couple of our friends are about to (..)
    1987 Predator