A source of salvation in a crisis.
A particular crease in the palm.
A line from the diver to a tender at the surface control point.
A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling.
A means or route for transporting indispensable supplies.
System or structure of vital importance to a community.
On the deck of a boat, a line to which one can attach oneself to stay aboard on rough seas.
A liberation, freeing.
A rescuee.
An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril
A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded
To recover forcibly.
To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.
To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
To save from any violence, danger or evil.
To deliver by arms, notably from a siege.
To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.