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rescuer

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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
res•cue /ˈrɛskyu/USA pronunciation   v., -cued, -cu•ing, n. 
v. [~ + object]
  1. to free from danger;
    save from harm:a plan to rescue the hostages.

n. [countable]
  1. the act of rescuing.
res•cu•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
res•cue  (res′kyo̅o̅),USA pronunciation v., -cued, -cu•ing, n. 
v.t. 
  1. to free or deliver from confinement, violence, danger, or evil.
  2. Lawto liberate or take by forcible or illegal means from lawful custody.

n. 
  1. the act of rescuing.
  • Latin excutere (ex- ex-1 + -cutere, combining form of quatere to shake); (noun, nominal) Middle English, derivative of the verb, verbal
  • Old French rescourre, equivalent. to re- re- + escourre to shake, drive out, remove
  • (verb, verbal) Middle English rescuen 1300–50
res′cu•a•ble, adj. 
res′cue•less, adj. 
res′cu•er, n. 
    1. liberate, release, save, redeem, ransom, extricate, recover. 3. liberation, deliverance, release, redemption, recovery.
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