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Another word for salvage

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Noun

  1. Extrication from danger or confinement

      1. Preservation or deliverance from destruction, difficulty, or evil.
      2. A source, means, or cause of such preservation or deliverance.
      3. Deliverance from the power or penalty of sin; redemption.
      1. To cause to be free from danger, imprisonment, or difficulty; save.
      2. To remove (a person or property) from legal custody by force, in violation of the law.
      3. An act of rescuing; a deliverance.
      1. The act of conveying or delivering.
      2. Something delivered, as a shipment or package.
      3. The act of transferring to another.
      1. The act of delivering or the condition of being delivered.
      2. Rescue from bondage or danger.
      3. A publicly expressed opinion or judgment, such as the verdict of a jury.
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Verb

  1. To extricate from an undesirable state

      1. To cause to be free from danger, imprisonment, or difficulty; save.
      2. To remove (a person or property) from legal custody by force, in violation of the law.
      3. An act of rescuing; a deliverance.
      1. To recover ownership of by paying a specified sum:
      2. To pay off (a promissory note, for example).
      3. To turn in (coupons, for example) and receive something in exchange.
      1. To get back (something lost or taken away), especially by making an effort:
      2. To search for, find, and bring back:
      3. To get back control or possession of (land) by military conquest or legal action.
      1. To demand the restoration or return of (a possession, for example); claim again or back:
      2. To require or deserve again:
      3. To bring into or return to a suitable condition for use, as cultivation or habitation:
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Another word for salvage

Verb
      1. To gather grain left behind by reapers.
      2. To gather (grain) left behind by reapers.
      3. To collect bit by bit:
      1. (intransitive) Return to where one came from.
      2. To retrieve, to have an item returned.
      3. To do something to hurt or harm someone who has hurt or harmed you.
      1. To recover ownership of by paying a specified sum:
      2. To pay off (a promissory note, for example).
      3. To turn in (coupons, for example) and receive something in exchange.
      1. To bring back into existence or use; reestablish:
      2. To bring back to an original or normal condition:
      3. To place in a former position or location:
      1. To cause to be free from danger, imprisonment, or difficulty; save.
      2. To remove (a person or property) from legal custody by force, in violation of the law.
      3. An act of rescuing; a deliverance.
      1. To recover possession of (something lost or taken away); get back:
      2. To occupy again:
      3. To have (the use or control of something) restored; get back:
      1. To get back (something lost or taken away), especially by making an effort:
      2. To search for, find, and bring back:
      3. To get back control or possession of (land) by military conquest or legal action.
      1. To get back into one's grasp, possession, or control, especially from a known place or a place of storage:
      2. To go to and bring or escort back (someone):
      3. To search for, find, and bring back:
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Sentence Examples

  • It wasn't enough to salvage his mess, but it was a start.

  • Was this a possible way to salvage our operation that otherwise was doomed to wreckage?

  • Was there a chance to salvage their marriage?

  • There had to be something they could do to salvage their relationship.

  • Jenn wanted to salvage him; Xander knew Jonny needed to be pushed to the side of evil.

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