| Main Entry: | rescue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | save from danger |
Synonyms: |
bail one out, conserve, deliver, disembarrass, disentangle, emancipate, extricate, free, get off the hook, get out, get out of hock, give a break, hold over, keep, liberate, manumit, preserve, protect, pull out of the fire, ransom, recapture, recover, redeem, regain, release, retain, retrieve, safeguard, salvage, save life of, set free, spring*, unleash, unloose |
Antonyms: |
harm, hurt, imperil, injure |
| Main Entry: | save |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rescue |
Synonyms: |
bail out, come to rescue, defend, deliver, emancipate, extricate, free, get off the hook, get out of hock, give a break, liberate, pull out of fire, ransom, recover, redeem, salvage, save one's neck, set free, spring, unchain, unshackle |
Antonyms: |
endanger, harm, hurt |
| Main Entry: | spare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | forgive; have mercy upon |
Synonyms: |
absolve, bail out, be lenient, be merciful, discharge, dispense, excuse, exempt, forbear, get off the hook, get out of hock, give a break, give quarter to, go easy on, leave, let go, let off, pardon, pity, privilege from, pull out of the fire, refrain from, release, relent, relieve from, save bacon, save from, save neck, spring |
| Main Entry: | rescue |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
bailed out, expendible, extricable, reclaimed, redeemable, rescuable, retrieved, salvaged, saved, soterial
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