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salvage
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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