To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction
A rescue is an attempt to save someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation. A major air-sea rescue is under way
A van or larger truck carrying rescue equipment, lights, breathing apparatus, first aid supplies and other specialized appliances Some area counties use the word "rescue" to denote an ambulance Used by ADI in Buffalo to denote fire department response
Rescue is help which gets someone out of a dangerous or unpleasant situation. A big rescue operation has been launched for a trawler missing in the English Channel
recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" take forcibly from legal custody; "rescue prisoners" free from harm or evil
remove the current bid to a different one [Usage: Usually refers to changing the contract after partner's bid either has been doubled for penalty or is expected to be set heavily even if undoubled ]