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transitive verb rescued, rescuing

to free or save from danger, imprisonment, evil, etc.
Law to take (a person or thing) out of legal custody by force

noun

the act or an instance of rescuing; deliverance

Related Forms:

rescuable adjective
rescuer noun

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