Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb rescue

2 senses of rescue

Sense 1
rescue, deliver -- (free from harm or evil)
       => save, carry through, pull through, bring through -- (bring into safety; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack")

Sense 2
rescue -- (take forcibly from legal custody; "rescue prisoners")
       => take -- (take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill")

Antonyms of adj rescued

1 sense of rescued

Sense 1
rescued, reclaimed -- (delivered from danger)

INDIRECT (VIA saved) -> lost -- (spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed; "lost souls"; "a lost generation"; "a lost ship"; "the lost platoon")

Similarity of adj rescued

1 sense of rescued

Sense 1
rescued, reclaimed -- (delivered from danger)
       => saved (vs. lost) -- (rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin; "a saved soul")

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