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• ܦ݁ܪܰܩ
• ܫܰܘܙܶܒ݂
• ἐξαιρέω
• ῥύομαι
• גְּאולִּים , גָּאַל
• חָלַץ , חָלַץ
• יָשַׁע ישַׁע, , מוֹשִׁיעַ
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(1):

(v.) The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained.

(2):

(v.) The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment.

(3):

(v.) The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy.

(4):

(v. t.) To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction.

(5):

(v.) The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation.