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Word entry · 6 letters

rescue

Best crossword clue

"Emergency save"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹɛs.kjuː/Part of speech noun, verbSorted ceersuStarts with REnds with E3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. recovery or preservation from loss or danger

Word origin

From Middle English rescouen, from Old French rescoure, rescurre, rescorre; from Latin prefix re- (“re-”) + excutere (“to shake or drive out”), from ex (“out”) + quatiō (“to shake”). Displaced native Old English nerian.

Used in a sentence

  • “The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche.”
  • “Soon after rescuing some silly children from the local caves, the alien prangs his vessel and dies.”
  • “The students’ final mission was their longest: a trip across the Nile to the city of Omdurman, at the request of Rwandan diplomats, to rescue a woman who, unlike the first they rescued, really was pregnant.”

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Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01“Emergency save”6 letters
02“Emergency saving act”6 letters
03“Save from danger”6 letters

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