rescue

Definition

To save from any violence, danger or evil.

Etymology

From Middle English rescouen, from Old French rescoure, rescurre, rescorre; from Latin prefix re- (“re-”) + excutere (“to shake or drive out”), from ex (“out”) + quatiō (“I shake”).

Example Sentences

• "The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche."
• "Soon after rescuing some silly children from the local caves, the alien prangs his vessel and dies."
• "The students’ final mission was their longest: a trip across the Nile to the city of Omdurman, at the request of Rwandan diplomats, to rescue a woman who, unlike the first they rescued, really was pregnant."

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