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How to pronounce rescue
Say it like this: /ˈɹɛs.kju/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does rescue mean?
verbTo save from any violence, danger or evil.
“The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche.”
To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
“to rescue a prisoner from the enemy”
To recover forcibly, especially from a siege.
nounAn act or episode of rescuing, saving.
“Guests marveled that they kept making more rescues.”
A liberation, freeing.
The act of unlawfully freeing a person, or confiscated goods, from custody.
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