Salvaging

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is salvaged.

    "But the continuity of this identity exists in, and only in, its perpetual salvagings and reconstructions in the face of repeated disruptions and discontinuities."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of salvage form-of, gerund, participle, present

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recoveryrescueabatementadmissionadmission feeagio

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"There's no hope in salvaging anything here."

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