{
    "term": "rescue",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "rescue",
            "heSheIt": "rescues"
        },
        "pastSimple": "rescued",
        "pastParticiple": "rescued",
        "ingForm": "rescuing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to save somebody/something from a dangerous or harmful situation",
            "sensetop": "rescue somebody/something from something/somebodyrescue somebody/something from doing somethingrescue somebody/somethingrescue somebody/something + adj.",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The coastguard rescued six people from the sinking boat.",
                    "contextForm": "rescue somebody/something from something/somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The woman was rescued from her burning home by firefighters."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You rescued me from an embarrassing situation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The house was rescued from demolition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He rescued a child from drowning.",
                    "contextForm": "rescue somebody/something from doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The hostages were rescued and brought to safety.",
                    "contextForm": "rescue somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The shelter rescues stray dogs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had despaired of ever being rescued alive.",
                    "contextForm": "rescue somebody/something + adj."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bank rescued the company from bankruptcy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were eventually rescued by helicopter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He died while trying to rescue his children from the blaze."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police officers helped to rescue motorists stranded by the floods."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The little boy had to be rescued by firemen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was drowned in an attempt to rescue the child."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pony had been rescued from near starvation by a kindly old lady."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were rescued by a passing cruise ship."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Danger", "War and conflict"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈreskjuː/",
                "audio": "re/rescue/rescue__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈreskjuːz/",
                "audio": "re/rescue/rescues__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈreskjuːd/",
                "audio": "re/rescue/rescued__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈreskjuːɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/rescue/rescuing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈreskjuː/",
                "audio": "re/rescue/rescue__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈreskjuːz/",
                "audio": "re/rescue/rescues__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈreskjuːd/",
                "audio": "re/rescue/rescued__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈreskjuːɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/rescue/rescuing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French rescoure from Latin re- (expressing intensive force) + excutere ‘shake out, discard’."
}