as in savior
one that saves from danger or destruction
rescuers went out immediately in search of the lost child
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Recent Examples of rescuer
First responders carried many of the injured, who were trapped under rubble, out on stretchers, and detection dogs were used to ensure that rescuers located everyone trapped in the debris, per the BBC.
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Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026
Two survivors, identified as Ian Laing and Patrick Leslie, were able to send a distress call on their Garmin satellite device and rescuers on snowmobiles transported them out the same evening.
—Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
At the landfill site dozens of rescuers scrambled overnight in search of people trapped.
—CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
The investigation turned up at least 15 deaths in a dozen incidents in which occupants or rescuers were unable to open the doors of a Tesla that had crashed and caught fire.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Abbie was cold and very fearful when the officers found her, and she was later found to have suffered a hip injury that will require surgery, police and rescuers said.
—Bruce Shipkowski, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Before leaving, the helicopter picked up the two remaining rescuers, who had stayed with the body of the fallen climber.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 7 Jan. 2026
Crews from Woodbridge, joined by Cosumnes Community Service District Fire Department rescuers, later returned to check for others at the site.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 5 Jan. 2026
Nine-year-old Jackie Cazares still had a pulse when rescuers finally reached her, Rizo said.
—Jim Vertuno, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rescuer
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Pratt’s wife, Heidi Montag, spoke before him, tearfully reminiscing about the loss of her community before offering an impassioned endorsement of her husband as its savior.—
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What once read as moral conviction can, from another angle, start to look uncomfortably like a savior complex.—
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Buzelis, however, is bouncy enough to fling shots near the rim as a lingering secondary rim protector.—
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This is not America, and we are not supposed to be taking countries by force; we are supposed to be the protectors of freedom.—
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“Rescuer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rescuer. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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