[
  {
    "word": "rescue",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8\u0279\u025bs.kju\u02d0/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8\u0279\u025bs.kju\u02d0/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/rescue-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=299364",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "An act or episode of rescuing, saving.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A liberation, freeing.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The rescue of Jerusalem was the original motive of the Crusaders"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A rescuee.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The dog was a rescue with some behavior issues."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To save from any violence, danger or evil.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to rescue a prisoner from the enemy."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To recover forcibly.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To deliver by arms, notably from a siege.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "liberate",
          "liberate",
          "release",
          "release",
          "unshackle",
          "untie",
          "recapture",
          "retake",
          "redeem",
          "save",
          "deliver",
          "free",
          "pull out of the fire",
          "save the day"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "abandon",
          "ignore",
          "arrest",
          "capture",
          "enslave",
          "incarcerate",
          "bind",
          "constrict",
          "hamper",
          "inhibit",
          "obstruct",
          "preclude",
          "kidnap",
          "corrupt",
          "deprave",
          "endanger",
          "imperil"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rescue"
    ]
  }
]