rescue
re- (expressing intensive force) + excutere ‘shake out, discard’
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verb (rescues, rescuing, rescued) with object
save (someone) from a dangerous or distressing situation:
〈人が〉 【危険･破滅･束縛などから】〈人･物〉を救う, 助け出す, 救助［解放］する; 〈会社〉を救済する «from»
e.g. firemen were called out to rescue a man trapped in the river.
informal keep from being lost or abandoned; retrieve:
e.g. he got out of his chair to rescue his cup of coffee.
noun
an act of saving or being saved from danger or distress:
(危険･破滅･束縛などからの)救助, 救出, 救済, 解放 (!具体例ではa ～/～s; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う) ; 〖形容詞的に〗救助［救援］の(ための)
e.g. he came to our rescue with a loan of $100.
as modifier denoting or relating to a domestic animal that has been removed from a situation of abuse or neglect by a welfare organization:
e.g. adopting a rescue cat may be one of the most rewarding things you will ever do
e.g. some people find their ideal pet in a rescue shelter.
as modifier denoting the emergency excavation of archaeological sites threatened by imminent building or road development:
e.g. they have not always been keen to organize rescue excavations to investigate these sites.
DERIVATIVES
rescuable adjective
ORIGIN
Middle English: from Old French rescoure from Latin re- (expressing intensive force) + excutere ‘shake out, discard’.