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rescue Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press: rescue/ˈreskjuː/ ▶verb (rescues, rescuing, rescued) save from a dangerous or distressing situation. ▶noun an act of rescuing or being rescued. – derivatives rescuable adjective, rescuer noun. – origin ME: from OFr. rescoure from L. re- (expressing intensive force) + excutere ‘shake out, discard’. 'rescue' also found in these Oxford entries:
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