"rescue" in the noun sense
1. rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving
recovery or preservation from loss or danger
"work is the deliverance of mankind"
"a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
"rescue" in the verb sense
1. rescue, deliver
free from harm or evil
2. rescue
take forcibly from legal custody
"rescue prisoners"
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