rescue
pronunciation
How to pronounce rescue in British English:
UK [ˈreskjuː]
How to pronounce rescue in American English:
US [ˈreskjuː]
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- Noun:
- recovery or preservation from loss or danger
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- Verb:
- free from harm or evil
- take forcibly from legal custody
Word Origin
- rescue
- rescue: see quash
- rescue (n.)
- late 14c., from rescue (v.). Earlier noun was rescous (early 14c.), from Old French rescous.
- rescue (v.)
- c. 1300, from stem of Old French rescorre "protect, keep safe; free, deliver" (Modern French recourre), from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + escourre "to cast off, discharge," from Latin excutere "to shake off, drive away," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + -cutere, combining form of quatere "to shake" (see quash). Related: Rescued; rescuing.
Antonym
Example
- 1. George bush is in no rush to rescue hizbullah .
- 2. Quantum dots may leap to the rescue .
- 3. Some argue the rescue pot should be bigger still .
- 4. But ultimately it needs its own financial rescue plan .
- 5. The need to rescue banks was horrifying .