rescue

1. To save from any violence, danger or evil. (transitive) · The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche.
2. To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint. (transitive) · to rescue a prisoner from the enemy
3. To recover forcibly, especially from a siege. (transitive)
4. To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin. (figuratively, transitive) · Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls.
5. To achieve something positive under difficult conditions. (figuratively, transitive)
6. To restore a particular trait in an organism that was lost or altered, especially where this loss was as the consequence of some experimental manipulation. (transitive)
7. To salvage and restore something that has been discarded. (transitive) · I rescued a set of antique dining chairs.
8. To fix a mistake made while preparing something, especially in cooking. (transitive) · The cook rescued the sauce after it began to curdle.

He/she/it rescues · Past rescued · Past participle rescued · -ing form rescuing