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salvage

Definition

  • noun: the act of saving something (such as a building, a ship, or cargo) that is in danger of being completely destroyed
  • noun: compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck
  • verb: to remove (something) from a place so that it will not be damaged, destroyed, or lost
  • verb: to rescue or save especially from wreckage or ruin
  • synonyms: savage

Examples

  • ('US') I got the part from an auto 'salvage' place. [=from a junkyard; from a place where broken cars are taken so that their parts can be removed and sold]

  • Few of their possessions were 'salvaged' from the fire.

  • Divers 'salvaged' some of the sunken ship's cargo.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Pearl Harbor yesterday. Frank D. Roosevelt asked each of us to do our part. The Chelsea's been commissioned to serve in the United States Navy. To repair, salvage and to rescue. Anybody doesn't wanna go to war, now's the time to say so. Once you set foot on that boat, you're in the Navy, friend. (..)
    2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • (..) Glasgow, Liverpool, Narvik... He had gone with that captain Mike. Captain Mike had contracted for three years with Moran Brothers Tug and Salvage. The old ship had been refitted with a diesel engine and a new sea winch. We went around Florida and up the Atlantic seaboard. (..)
    2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button