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salvage English

Meaning salvage meaning

What does salvage mean?
Definitions in simple English

salvage Verb

— If something is being salvaged, it is being rescued from a dangerous or difficult situation.

salvage

— verb (= save) save from ruin, destruction, or harm — verb (= scavenge) collect discarded or refused material She scavenged the garbage cans for food — noun property or goods saved from damage or destruction — noun the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire — noun the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction

Synonyms salvage synonyms

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salvage English » English

rescue save salve salvation recovery scavenge relieve salvage money recycle recover cannibalize cannibalise wastes waste stock waste paper waste materials waste material spent material scraps scrap stock saving salvageable material reuse retrieval rescue operation remains relief recyclables recyclable material reclamation reclaim re-floatation raising pulling up preservation perpetuation get out of the water emergency treatment emergency relief dredge out drawing up delivery bail aid abatement

Topics salvage topics

What do people use salvage to talk about?
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to someone in trouble

Save from trouble

Conjugation salvage conjugation

How do you conjugate salvage?

salvage · verb

Examples salvage examples

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Movie subtitles

But we, who are all that are left of the old engineers and mechanics. have pledged ourselves to salvage the world.
Here, storm-riding men and frail schooners. the salvage masters of Key West. stand guard beside America's lifeline.
But tales of great salvage profits. have drawn reckless men to this dangerous harvest. spawn of the seven seas.
So among Florida's heroic salvage masters. appear lawless captains. who plot to destroy, for their own profit. the great ships they are pledged to save.
We can't run a salvage business without salvage.
We salvage this wreck!
We demand salvage shares in this vessel.
The salvage boats are standing by.
I sworn to man, that feller would sink his own grandmother. to salvage the gold in her teeth.
Same as all the other honest salvage masters.
It's probably legitimate as salvage.
Then come back and we'll see what we can salvage out of this mess.
We may salvage something yet.
I plan to run the Bounty in head-on, salvage what we can, then burn her.
Exhibitors will use their theatres as centres for bond sales, salvage drives, blood donations, Red Cross campaigns and other projects.
I'll put on some clothes and try to salvage some of the wreckage of our lives.
This album was all I could salvage.
In the past, we had to send expeditions to the surface to salvage metals from the ruins.
They refused to equip a party to help salvage the supplies and instruments from the ship.
Might be some salvage floating around down there.
Mr. Harrison owns the salvage ship.
That gives us full salvage rights.
We're in the salvage business.
What about salvage?
Mine's salvage.
The salvage'll have to wait.
You think that's wise for a salvage man in your position?
Pending the result of the salvage operations, this inquiry is adjourned for one week.
You're a salvage man.
Look, I know these salvage people.

News and current affairs

The US humanitarian mission to that benighted country sought to salvage a failed United Nations enterprise to secure and feed Somalia's ravaged population.
As to Fiat, Berlusconi's government failed to put forward a Thatcherite scheme aimed at bringing in foreign capital to salvage both it and other declining industrial enterprises.
Bush's initiative is a last-ditch effort to salvage America's position in a region where it is on the defensive on all fronts.
Only more politics and diplomacy can salvage US policy.
Indeed, only by effectively addressing the Israeli-Arab dispute can he possibly salvage America's standing in the region.
ATHENS - The point of restructuring debt is to reduce the volume of new loans needed to salvage an insolvent entity.
But it is obvious that even a last-minute scramble to salvage some form of agreement will fare no better in actually helping the planet.
Analysts kept waiting for Chinese officials to salvage capitalism by spelling out a plan to save its economy first.
Now, the people of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland - not rejected, after all - must behave as well as possible to salvage something workable from the sometimes bitter and divisive arguments.
We are also pursuing new areas of cooperation in defense exercises, such as submarine salvage and rescue, reflecting this key partnership's growing dynamism.
Nevertheless, even at this late date, Mbeki has a chance to salvage a good part of his reputation by taking the lead in organizing a transition in Zimbabwe.
Unsurprisingly, Bhutto is now having second thoughts about an alliance with Musharraf, who has been reduced to chasing after her in an effort to salvage the deal.
IRVING, TEXAS - Saudi Arabia wants it all: to salvage OPEC, achieve income diversification and industrialization, and preserve its market share in crude oil, petroleum products, petrochemicals, and natural gas liquids (NGLs).
Some Arab leaders still toy with the idea that overthrowing him might yet salvage a united Sudan, but it is probably too late for that.
Instead, Western leaders need to focus on fixing their state budgets in order to salvage what they can.

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