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(n)
A reduction in cost or expenditure.
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The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc.
The act of conveying something.
(v)
To bring or transport something to its destination.
(transitive) To prevent harm or difficulty.
(adj)
Preserving life; preventing death.
The act of saving a life, especially from drowning.
The act of retrieving or something retrieved.
(transitive) To save, rescue.
(transitive) To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
(religion) Salvation from sin.
(transitive) To return land to a suitable condition for use.
(transitive) To regain or get back something.
A return to normal health.
(intransitive or reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.
(transitive) To get back; to recover possession of.
A rescue, especially a financial rescue.
(transitive) To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
A backup plan or contingency strategy; an alternative which can be used if something goes wrong with the main plan; a recourse.
The act of resuscitating.
Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense.
The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.
(transitive) To give aid, assistance, or help.
Alternative spelling of bailout. [A rescue, especially a financial rescue.]
(transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).
(uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.
The act or process of rearranging. See reorganize.
Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.
To help.
The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.
The act of searching in general.
The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety.
(transitive) To set free, to make or allow to be free, particularly
The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.
(intransitive) To get free; to free oneself.
An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
The carrying out of a task; the time required to carry it out.
(transitive) To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.
(computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is damaged or destroyed.
Alternative form of buyback. [The repurchase of something previously sold, especially of stock by the company that issued it.]
The removal of stress or discomfort.
(sometimes attributive) A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
A lifesaver: a rescuer, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water.
The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.
(finance) The act of encashing; the exchange for money of a check, draft, etc.
(countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses.
Alternative form of backup [Standby, reserve or extra.]
(uncountable) Forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate.
A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
British and Canada spelling of savior.
(by extension) A source of salvation in a crisis.
(religion) The process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell).
Retained for future use rather than spent.
A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle.
A surname from Khmer.
Initialism of Maritime Rescue and Coordination Center.
(informal) A helicopter.
A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.
A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
To protect; to keep from harm or injury.
(government, US) Initialism of Social Security Administration.
A city, the county seat of Socorro County, New Mexico, United States.
To show mercy, to have mercy on.
A person who rescues someone or something.
(transitive) To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from.
(social) Unconstrained.
(transitive) To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate.
(ambitransitive) To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
(software) The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
(transitive, idiomatic) To rescue, especially financially.
(American spelling) Alternative spelling of succour. [(uncountable) Aid, assistance, or relief given to one in distress; ministration.]
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(transitive, ditransitive) To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
The transportation of troops, civilians or supplies by air, especially in an emergency.
(countable) Somewhere one can find protection.
(public safety, emergency medicine) Rescue of a trapped person in a vehicle or machinery.
The process of rehabilitating somebody or something.
The act by which something is salvaged.
(transitive) To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.
The act of giving aid or assistance (to).
(transitive) To restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.
The crime, or an instance, of kidnapping.
The extinguishing of a fire.