RESCUING Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

rescuing

verb

present participle of rescue

as in saving

to remove from danger or harm an all-out effort to rescue a beached whale

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Recent Examples of rescuing Blakeman also said first responders were rescuing people from vehicles trapped in the floodwaters. — Adi Guajardo, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 Authorities said their immediate focus was on rescuing anyone still trapped inside and investigating the cause of the fire, which was not immediately known. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 At this time, the Bureau of Land Management is removing thousands of wild horses from the lands out West — thousands that will need rescuing! — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026 In that version of his death, he’s killed by a knife sent flying in his direction by Bellatrix Lestrange after rescuing Harry and his friends from Malfoy Manor. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026 Derrick Moore, 47, of Loganville is being hailed as a hero for rescuing the girl from a rip current. — Asia Simone Burns, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Sheriff Alan Ronneberg and Undersheriff Ron Swanson recognized the teen for rescuing the man near Pelican Fishing Access. — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Amber Lee, a former animal control officer, sued in June, saying she was fired for complaining about the inadequate equipment provided to officers for rescuing animals during wildfires. — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026 Stevens was chief of staff for the team President Obama tasked with rescuing Detroit's big three automakers. — Sam Gringlas, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026

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The narrow, 50-mile artificial waterway cuts through the Central American country, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and saving time and fuel along the shorter transit route.

— Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
There, emergency personnel performed life-saving measures on 20-year-old Benjamin Speidel, the release said.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026

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Since the dawn of the space age, spacecraft have been treated as disposable because salvaging them was too expensive—or too technically challenging—compared with the easier, cheaper task of launching fresh replacements.

— Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
And one way or another, though, Suamataia converted it all into fuel — and jump-started the rest of his career with a salvaging performance in the 2024 regular-season finale.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026

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