An effort to save persons whose locations are not precisely known from hazardous situations. / The emergency service that performs or coordinates such efforts.

plural of rescue circle

(parapsychology) A group of spiritualists that hold sittings in order to assist confused spirits of the dead accept the fact that they are dead.

to the rescue

plural of sea rescue kit

An emergency service, often operated by a branch of the armed forces that serves to rescue people at sea, or stranded on a coast, normally with the use of helicopters.

(search and rescue) A survival kit for survival at sea, usually containing an inflatable lifeboat, survival rations, first aid kit, flares

(idiomatic) To rescue (or save) someone from further harm.