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salvage
WIKTIONARY
salvage
Noun
∙
The rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
∙
The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
∙
The compensation paid to the rescuers.
∙
The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
∙
Anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted.
∙
Damaged.
Verb
∙
Of property, people or situations at risk, to rescue.
transitive
∙
Of discarded goods, to put to use.
transitive
∙
To make new or restore for the use of being saved.
transitive
Noun
∙
Obsolete spelling of
savage
[16th-19th c.]
Noun
∙
summary execution, extrajudicial killing
Philippine English
Verb
∙
To perform summary execution.
Philippine English
∙
To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.
Philippine English