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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. |
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The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence,
or danger; liberation. |
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The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of
things lawfully distrained. |
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The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or
imprisonment. |
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The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the
enemy. |