rescue
verb (used with object)
to free or deliver from confinement, danger, or difficulty: She rescued me from an awkward conversation.
rescued
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past participleof rescue.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof rescue.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
rescueverb (used with object)to free or deliver from confinement, danger, or difficulty: She rescued me from an awkward conversation.
Example Sentences
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It would not matter whether a company that was the victim of fraudulent conduct closed or is able to continue conducting business after being rescued financially.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Gemma Champ, a writer from north London, rescued her cat Frankie as a kitten 17 years ago, when she lived in Abu Dhabi.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
In another case last week, a sailor jumped off the ship and spent about an hour in the water before he was rescued and medically evacuated from the Lincoln.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Applause met rescuers on Thursday after they rescued a dog from another collapsed building.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Those thoughts seem so strange to me now, now that Namontack has become my friend and Chief Powhatan has rescued us from cold and starvation, and the princess Pocahontas has treated us as her countrymen.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
