rescuableadj.
/ˈrɛskjʊəbl/, U.S. /ˈrɛskjuəb(ə)l/, /ˈrɛskjəwəb(ə)l/ Able to be rescued; that may be rescued.
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the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [adjective] > rescued or delivered > able to be
savable?a1425
rescuable1611
salvable1667
salvageable1976
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rescouable, rescuable, recouerable, redeemeable.
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. viii. 116 Every thing under force is rescuable by my Function.
1884 Boston Daily Advertiser 6 Nov. 4/1 Gordon is still believed to be in a rescuable position.
1937 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 57 270/1 It is therefore a matter for congratulation that the task of rescuing what is rescuable of these precious and fragile remains of ancient art should have fallen to one whose energy, pertinacity, and enthusiasm are the best guarantee of success.
1976 Listener 3 June 693/1 Men had taken the most obvious solace in alcohol, about the only rescuable commodity from many of the ruins.
1995 Daily Tel. 6 Sept. 21/1 Rescuable cases were rushed down for emergency treatment at a Surrey wildfowl sanctuary.
Derivatives
rescuaˈbility n.
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1971 Jrnl. Health & Social Behavior 2 113 When they do suicide, it occurs..because of a miscalculation of the rescuability of their attempt.
2006 S. K. Darow Transnat. Adoption i. 55 The professional adoption world of which she is a part gives mixed messages about the rescuability of domestic and international children.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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