Synonyms of rescuing

rescuing

verb

present participle of rescue

as in saving

to remove from danger or harm

an all-out effort to rescue a beached whale

Synonyms & Similar Words

• saving
• salvaging
• delivering
• bailing out
• recovering
• bringing off
• emancipating
• extricating
• freeing
• liberating
• releasing
• disentangling
• manumitting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• risking
• endangering
• jeopardizing
• compromising
• venturing
• imperiling
• gambling (with)
• adventuring
• periling
• hazarding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rescuing

Parents were taught to respond supportively while stepping back from rescuing their child from what frightened them. — Deldhy Nicolás Moya Sánchez, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2026

According to the Joey’s Friends website, the organization focuses on rescuing animals that have experienced abuse, neglect or the threat of euthanasia in overcrowded shelters. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2026

While rescuing the siblings, Annabeth (Leah Sava Jeffries) is captured by Luke’s forces and taken to the titan Atlas at an enemy stronghold in California, where she is forced to bear the weight of the sky in place of goddess Artemis or Luke. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2026

But when Santa fails to show up at their house to back them up, Mark and Daryl are forced to go in by themselves in the hopes of rescuing Julie and Bobby before the Kringles put the entire Severson family permanently on the naughty list. — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026

Josephine wanted to give everyone in the world an AI companion, a nanobot that would live in their bodies, guiding and teaching them, and rescuing them from loneliness. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026

Two California State Parks officers are being praised for rescuing a woman trapped inside a burning, overturned car along Highway 70 in Butte County. — Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

The presence of other active alligators in the water complicated any chance of rescuing Hamilton, whose body was recovered around two hours later, Winter Garden Fire Chief Jose Gainza told FOX35. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

That’s why the researchers say the tool could be useful for rescuing endangered species with a few individuals left—scientists could create fertile breeding pairs using just one male donor. — Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026