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rescue  (rescues plural & 3rd person present) (rescuing present participle) (rescued past tense & past participle )
1  verb If you rescue someone, you get them out of a dangerous or unpleasant situation. 
Helicopters rescued nearly 20 people from the roof of the burning building...  V n 
♦  rescuer  (rescuers plural) n-count 
It took rescuers 90 minutes to reach the trapped men.  
2  n-uncount Rescue is help which gets someone out of a dangerous or unpleasant situation. 
oft N n 
A big rescue operation has been launched for a trawler missing in the English Channel.  
3  n-count A rescue is an attempt to save someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation. 
A major air-sea rescue is under way...  
4 If you go to someone's rescue or come to their rescue, you help them when they are in danger or difficulty. 
♦ go to sb's rescue/come to sb's rescue  phrase V inflects 
The 23-year-old's screams alerted a passerby who went to her rescue...