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    [Verb]  | "res*cue" | \ ˈre-(ˌ)skyü \


    1: to free from confinement, danger, or evil : save, deliver : such as

    2: to take (someone, such as a prisoner) forcibly from custody

    3: to recover (something, such as a prize) by force


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English rescouen, rescuen, from Anglo-French rescure, from re- + escure to shake off, from Latin excutere, from ex- + quatere to shake;

    [Noun]  | "rescuer" 


    1: one that saves from danger or destruction;


      * e.g., " ... rescuers went out immediately in search of the lost child "



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    [Verb]  | "rescue" 


    1: to remove from danger or harm;


      * e.g., " ... an all-out effort to rescue a beached whale "





     [ "the rescuers" ]

    1: a movie with mice and a topless woman in the window

      * e.g.,  ... Topless woman info from : www.snopes.com (disney section) 

     [ "armchair rescuer" ]

    1: A politician who stages rescue and relief operations while sipping coffee at a 5 Star hotel with media in tow.

      * e.g.,  ... What that pea-brained politician is doing for the typhoon victims is all press release! He is the typical armchair rescuer 

     [ "floor rescuer" ]

    1: Someone who's foot falls to the floor, hits a lego and Screams. They are the foe to manliness. They need a Floor Rescuer.

      * e.g.,  ... "Man, Johnny stood on a lego and screamed!! We need a floor rescuer! 

     [ "rescuer" ]

    1: /‘reskyo͞oər/

      * e.g.,  ... Carol doesn’t know that the her newfound savior is merely a rescuer who’s now offering his shoulder to cry on crying on after he secretly set the stage for her downfall. 


     [ "rescuer" ]

    2: noun


     [ "rescuer" ]

    3: —Often a narcissist, a rescuer seeks out others who may be lacking in some real or perceived necessity (i.e., the homeless, drug addicts in extreme cases) and who may be vulnerable as a result, in order to provide them with the necessary provisions enough to gain notieriety and fame for themselves for their charitable and generous efforts while at the same time exploiting their unfortunate situation, keeping them in their needful state as to maintain and perpetuate the superior/subordinate relationship.

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