Synonyms of salvaging

salvaging 1 of 2

noun

as in recovery

Related Words

• recovery
• salvage

Dissimilar Words

• wrecking
• wreck
• wreckage
• shipwreck
• grounding
• sinking
• shipwrecking
• stranding
• beaching
• foundering

salvaging

2 of 2

verb

present participle of salvage

as in rescuing

to remove (something) from a place of danger or harm

Nothing could be salvaged from the shipwreck.

Related Words

• rescuing
• recovering
• saving
• retrieving
• regaining
• delivering
• recouping
• extricating
• bringing off
• disentangling

Dissimilar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of salvaging

Noun

When Jenn and Emily return, Shannon tries to cut the tension by talking about jarred pizza sauce (the only real laugh-out-loud moment of the episode), but there’s no salvaging this night. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026

Eliyahu, who announced the salvaging of the Altalena, hails from the far-right, which has taken power as part of a government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. — CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

But the money spent did not keep them in the top flight for long and when Keegan returned in 1992 the club required salvaging. — Michael Walker, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026

That will help establish if the successive strikes were plausibly tied to the mission objective of destroying the still floating vessel and stop the salvaging of the drugs. — MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025

Verb

Taking an existing garment apart, salvaging as much of the fabric as possible, and redesigning it into something fresh is a time-intensive process, and time is money. — Bella Webb, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026

But the attorney general said the expenditures have been worth it, salvaging billions in state funding that the administration had sought to claw back, and protecting the rights of the state and its residents. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026

His Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc trailed behind, also passing the second Red Bull and fully salvaging Ferrari’s day. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026

That potential season-salvaging win came after two dispiriting Ls to division opponents. — Elise Devlin, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2026

If Houston can go 5-2 during that stretch and get to 5-5, the Texans would be well on their way to salvaging the season. — Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

Hearing that several employees have perished in the Greenland blast, Digger thinks only of salvaging his rig. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

Heavy smoke and flames billowed on the city’s West Side Friday afternoon as fire crews battled a rubbish fire in a metal salvaging yard. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

But on a recent day, Aly was salvaging bricks from his razed home, tossing the good ones in a pile to sell to construction companies. — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026