rescuing


From the verb rescue: (⇒ conjugate)
rescuing is: ⓘClick the infinitive to see all available inflections
v pres p

rescue
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Sense: Noun: act of saving people, animals, etc.
Synonyms:
rescuing, saving, salvation, deliverance, release Collocations, liberation, freeing, emancipation
Antonyms:
danger Collocations, peril Collocations, abduction, kidnapping, capture Collocations, imprisonment, detention, havoc Collocations, panic Collocations, crash Collocations, destruction Collocations, disaster Collocations, captivity
Sense: Verb: save from danger
Synonyms:
save Collocations, bail out, bale out (UK), come to the aid of, aid Collocations, help Collocations
Antonyms:
let slip from your hands, relinquish Collocations, lose Collocations, endanger, imperil, put in danger, kill Collocations, aggravate, leave for dead, backfire
Sense: Verb: recover
Synonyms:
recover Collocations, salvage Collocations, get back, retrieve Collocations
Sense: Verb: free
Synonyms:
free Collocations, set sb/sth free, release Collocations, let sb/sth loose, deliver Collocations, emancipate, liberate, extricate
Antonyms:
abandon Collocations, imprison, jail Collocations, detain, arrest Collocations, convict Collocations, take into custody, condemn, harm Collocations, injure Collocations, kidnap Collocations, capture Collocations, take hostage, let rot


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