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Meaning of rescuing

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

rescuing

verb

Definitions

  1. To save from any violence, danger or evil.

    Example: The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche.

  2. To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.

    Example: to rescue a prisoner from the enemy.

  3. To recover forcibly.

  4. To deliver by arms, notably from a siege.

noun

Definitions

  1. The act of effecting a rescue.