RESCUES Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of rescue

as in salvations

the saving from danger or evil stranded people hoping for rescue from the rising floodwaters

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verb

present tense third-person singular of rescue

as in saves

to remove from danger or harm an all-out effort to rescue a beached whale

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News of wilderness rescues during the chaos ignited widespread criticism of the hikers on social media, including 1,600 reactions and comments on the Linville-Central Rescue Squad’s Facebook post. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026 The Florida National Guard, Florida Department of Health, Florida Department of Transportation and other emergency response teams have mobilized in preparation for power outages, rescues and evacuations. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026 The sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team, or MONOSAR, is a nonprofit organization composed of unpaid community members who volunteer their time and often their own equipment to perform rescues. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 The working theory, the officials told CNN, was that most hostages would come home through deals, not rescues, and that military pressure was the only way to bring Hamas to the table. — Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 With people still heading to rivers, lakes and other waterways to cool off, first responders are also warning about the potential for water rescues. — Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 Although the rescues took place in 2014 and 2015, new details about the operation have only recently been revealed in the study by Maamoun Abdulkarim, said SWNS. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 The dramatic rescues involved lifting the whales with cranes and flying them across international borders. — Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

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Some anti-immigration activists have targeted the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, a 200-year-old volunteer force that rescues people in distress at sea, because it is often called out to meet the migrant boats. — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 As Christian Science teaches, fear and danger are no more than mesmeric beliefs, from which Christ, the spiritual idea of God, rescues us. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2026 If a company’s sales start slowing, or its customer base weakens, the amount of financing available through discounting shrinks in step, which means this is not a tool that rescues a business already in serious difficulty. — Amit Singhania, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 After Zoe tips her off to Hal and John’s capture, Kerry rescues the Lanterns under the guise of arresting them for trespassing, after which John reports back to his mother on the phone. — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026 Later, Owl and the Interior Ministry abduct Kuro, but Wolf rescues him. — Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026 His canine companion is Odin (played by a pooch named Uber), who rescues James after their crash and embarks on a journey of survival in the wilderness. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026 But what rescues the film is Zendaya’s performance, said Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 6 Aug. 2026 As the widow struggles with depression, her son secretly rescues and cares for an injured goat deep within the tropical rainforest. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 13 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rescues

Noun

Poor overnight recoveries in the foothills and wind prone areas.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Catching the booster directly out of the sky at the pad reduced the need for sea-barge recoveries.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026

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While uptight Elinor excels at hiding her feelings for the similarly taciturn Edward, Marianne goes wild (nearly feral, really) when new neighbor Willoughby saves her from physical injury (literally sweeping her off her feet and a wincing ankle).

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
These missions are clearly well-intentioned, and every skimmer removed saves families from being deprived of food.

— Eli Hager, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of saves

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Canty salvages the wallpaper, her main material, from houses being remodeled or torn down.

— Benjamin Lima Special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026
Lunardelli salvages them and transforms them into beautiful objects—keepsake souvenirs that are unlike anything else in Venice.

— Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025

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