rescue n : recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" [syn: deliverance, delivery, saving]

1 free from harm or evil [syn: deliver]

2 take forcibly from legal custody; "rescue prisoners"

see Rescue

English

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈres.kju/

Etymology

rescopuen, rescourre, rescurre, rescorre; prefix re- re- + excutere to shake or drive out; ex out + quatere to shake. See Qtash to crush, Rercussion.

Verb

1. To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil.
2. To liberate from actual restraint.
3. To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil.

   to rescue a prisoner from the enemy

   to rescue seamen from destruction

Synonyms

To retake, recapture, free, deliver, liberate, release, save.

Antonyms

• incarcerate
• impede
• hinder
• constrict
• prosecute
• inhibit
• hamper
• obstruct
• preclude
• bind
• abandon
• ignore
• enslave

Derived terms

• rescuer

Translations

• Arabic:
• Chinese: 救援 (jiù yuán), 营救 (yíng jiù)
• Dutch: redden
• Finnish: pelastaa
• French: secourir, sauver, délivrer
• German: retten
• Hebrew: חילוץ (ħi'lutz)
• Hungarian: megmenteni
• Italian: salvare
• Japanese: 救い出す (sukuidasu)
• Korean: 구출하다 (guchulhada)
• Portuguese: salvar
• Russian: спасать (spasát’)
• Spanish: rescatar
• Swedish: rädda

Noun

1. The act of rescuing.
2. (as an adjective) Used in a rescue.

   rescue vehicle

3. a special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded

Translations

• Chinese: 救援 (jiù yuán), 营救 (yíng jiù) (1), 救护 (jiù hù) (2)
• French: sauvetage, secours
• German: Rettung
• Hebrew: חילוץ (ħi'lutz) (1), רכב חילוץ (re'khev ħi'lutz) (2)

Rescue refers to operations that usually involve the saving of life, or prevention of injury.

Tools used might include search dogs, search and rescue horses, helicopters, and the "Jaws of Life" and other hydraulic cutting and spreading tools used to extricate individuals from wrecked vehicles. Rescue operations are sometimes supported by special vehicles such as fire department's or EMS Heavy rescue vehicle.

Ropes and special devices can reach and remove individuals and animals from difficult locations including:

• confined space rescue
• rope rescue
• cave rescue
• fast water rescue
• ice rescue
• mines rescue
• search and rescue
• wilderness rescue
• ski patrol
• Vehicle Rescue

Rescue operations require a high degree of training and are performed by Rescue Squads, either independent or part of larger organizations like a fire, police, military, first aid squad, or ambulance services. In The U.S., they are usually staffed by medically trained personnel as NFPA regulations require it.

• Technical rescue
• Diver rescue
• Lifeboat
• Extraction (military)
• Extrication

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