To save from any violence, danger or evil.
The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche.
To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
to rescue a prisoner from the enemy.
To recover forcibly.
To deliver by arms, notably from a siege.
To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls.
To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.