Rescue vs Rescuing - What's the difference?
rescue | rescuing |
To save from any violence, danger or evil.
To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
To recover forcibly
To deliver by arms, notably from a siege
(figuratively) To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 13
, author=Sam Lyon
, title=Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 Arsenal
, work=BBC
An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
A liberation, freeing.
The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril
A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded
A rescuee.
As a proper noun rescue
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the act of effecting a rescue.rescue
English
Verb
(rescu) (transitive)- ''The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche
- to rescue a prisoner from the enemy
- Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls.
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Synonyms
* free, deliver, pull out of the fire, save the day * (to free from confinement) liberate, release * (to free from restraint) release, unshackle, untie * (to recover forcibly) recapture, retake * (to deliver by arms) liberate * (to rescue from evil or sin) redeem, saveAntonyms
* (all senses) abandon, ignore * endanger, imperil * (to free from confinement) enslave, incarcerate * (to free from restraint) bind, constrict, hamper, inhibit, obstruct, preclude * (to recover forcibly) kidnap * (to deliver by arms) arrest, capture * (to rescue from evil or sin) corrupt, depraveDerived terms
* rescuee * rescuerNoun
(en noun)- ''The rescue of Jerusalem was the original motive of the Crusaders
- The dog proved a rescue with some behavior issues.