If you were to fall from that bridge, it would be almost impossible to rescue you.
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Rescue
//ˈɹɛs.kjuː//
Synonyms for "rescue" (131 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (65)
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7 entriesAntonyms
7 entriesSynonyms
6 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
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2 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
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Translations
224 translations across 77 languages.
Albanian
3 entries- shpëtim noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- shpëtoj verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- shpëtoj verb (to free, liberate from physical restraint)
Arabic
4 entries- إِنْقَاذ noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- أنقذ verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- أَنْقَذَ verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- خَلَّصَ verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Armenian
3 entries- փրկում noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- ազատել verb (to free, liberate from physical restraint)
- փրկել verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Asturian
2 entries- rescate noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- rescatar verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- xilas noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- qurtarmaq verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Belarusian
4 entries- выратава́нне noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- ратава́нне noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- рату́нак noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- вы́ратаваць verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Bulgarian
4 entries- спасе́ние noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- спася́ване noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- освобождавам verb (to free, liberate from physical restraint)
- спася́ verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Burmese
1 entries- ကယ်ဆယ် verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Catalan
3 entries- rescat noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- rescatar verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- salvar verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 援救 noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- 救出 noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- 營救 /营救 noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- 拯救 verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Church Slavic
1 entries- съпасти verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Czech
2 entries- záchrana noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- zachránit verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Danish
1 entries- redde verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Dutch
4 entries- ontzetting noun (forcible ending of a siege)
- redding noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- bevrijden verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- bevrijden verb (to free, liberate from physical restraint)
Esperanto
1 entries- savi verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Estonian
1 entries- päästma verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Finnish
4 entries- pelastaminen noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- pelastus noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- pelastuslento noun (special airliner flight)
- pelastaa verb (to save from any danger or violence)
French
4 entries- rescousse noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- sauvetage noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- secours noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- délivrer verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Galician
2 entries- rescate noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- rescatar verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Georgian
3 entries- გადარჩენა verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- შველა verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- ხსნა verb (to save from any danger or violence)
German
4 entries- Rettung noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- bergen verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- erlösen verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- retten verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to free, liberate from physical restraint)
- 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Greek
3 entries- διάσωση noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- διασώζω verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- σώζω verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Hawaiian
2 entries- hoʻopakele verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- hoʻopalekana verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Hebrew
2 entries- הצלה noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- הִצִּיל verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Hindi
3 entries- बचाव noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- मुक्ति noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- बचाना verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Hungarian
1 entries- megment verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Irish
2 entries- tarrtháil noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- tarrtháil verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Italian
2 entries- salvataggio noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- salvare verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Japanese
4 entries- 救出 noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- 助ける verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- 救い出す verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- 救う verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Kazakh
2 entries- құтқару noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- құтқару verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Khiamniungan Naga
3 entries- ùithām verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- ùithām verb (to free, liberate from physical restraint)
- ùithām verb (to free, liberate from physical restraint)
Khmer
1 entries- សង្គ្រោះ verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Korean
3 entries- 구출 noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- 구출하다 verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- 구하다 verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- куткаруу noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- куткаруу verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Lao
1 entries- ກູ້ໄພ verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Latin
4 entries- ademptio noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- asservatio noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- extractio noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- redemptio noun (act of rescuing, saving)
Latvian
1 entries- glābt verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Lithuanian
1 entries- išgelbėti verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Macedonian
3 entries- спасување noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- спаси verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- спасува verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Manchu
2 entries- ᠠᡳᡨᡠᠪᡠᠨ noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- ᠠᡳᡨᡠᠪᡠᠮᠪᡳ verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Mongolian
2 entries- аврал noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- аврах verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Māori
2 entries- rauora verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- whakarauora verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- uhuyi verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- berging noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- berge verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- redde verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- berging noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- berga verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- berge verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Old English
1 entries- hreddan verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- نجات noun (act of rescuing, saving)
Persian
2 entries- نجات noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- نجات دادن verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Polish
4 entries- ratunek noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- ocalić verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- ratować verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- uratować verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Portuguese
3 entries- resgate noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- resgatar verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- salvar verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Romanian
1 entries- a salva verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Russian
4 entries- спасе́ние noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- вы́ручить verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- вы́ручить verb (to remove from exposure to evil/sin)
- выруча́ть verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Sanskrit
1 entries- पिपर्ति verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- saoradh noun (act of rescuing, saving)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- spašávānje noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- спаша́ва̄ње noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- spasávati verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- spašávati verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Slovak
3 entries- záchrana noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- zachraňovať verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- zachrániť verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Slovene
4 entries- reševanje noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- reševati verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- rešīti verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- rẹ́šiti verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Spanish
4 entries- rescate noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- acorrer verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- rescatar verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- rescatar verb (to free, liberate from physical restraint)
Swahili
1 entries- okoa verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Swedish
4 entries- räddning noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- undsättning noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- rädda verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- undsätta verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Tagalog
1 entries- pagliligtas noun (act of rescuing, saving)
Tajik
2 entries- наҷот noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- наҷот додан verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Tatar
1 entries- коткару verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Thai
2 entries- กู้ภัย verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- ช่วยเหลือ verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཉེན་ག་ནས་བཏོན verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Turkish
1 entries- kurtarmak verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎔𐎍𐎉 verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Ukrainian
3 entries- поряту́нок noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- врятува́ти verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- рятува́ти verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Urdu
1 entries- بچانا verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Uyghur
2 entries- قۇتقۇزماق verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- قۇتۇلدۇرماق verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Uzbek
4 entries- najot noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- qutqarish noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- qutqarmoq verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- xalos qilmoq verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Vietnamese
2 entries- sự cứu noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- cứu verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Walloon
1 entries- schaper verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Welsh
3 entries- achubiaeth noun (act of rescuing, saving)
- achub verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- achub verb (to free, liberate from physical restraint)
Yiddish
2 entries- מציל זײַן verb (to save from any danger or violence)
- ראַטעווען verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Yámana
1 entries- tama-lāgöna verb (to save from any danger or violence)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
The rescue workers are going to hand out supplies to the victims of the earthquake.
Source: tatoeba (19581)
Try to hold on until a rescue team arrives.
Source: tatoeba (19582)
The rescue worker searched the area, looking for the child.
Source: tatoeba (19593)
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