rescue
verb
[ ˈrɛskjuː ]
• save (someone) from a dangerous or difficult situation.
• "firemen rescued a man trapped in the river"
Similar:
save,
save from danger,
save the life of,
come to the aid of,
set free,
free,
release,
liberate,
extricate,
get someone out,
deliver,
redeem,
ransom,
emancipate,
relieve,
bail someone out,
bring someone off,
save someone's bacon,
save someone's neck,
save someone's skin,
rescue
noun
• an act of saving or being saved from danger or difficulty.
• "the dramatic rescue of nine trapped coal miners"
Similar:
saving,
rescuing,
release,
freeing,
liberation,
extrication,
deliverance,
delivery,
redemption,
ransom,
emancipation,
relief,
help,
assist,
aid,
lend a helping hand to,
lend a hand to,
bail out,
save someone's bacon,
save someone's neck,
save someone's skin,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French rescoure from Latin re- (expressing intensive force) + excutere ‘shake out, discard’.
