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salvage
  1. The rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
  2. The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
  3. The compensation paid to the rescuers.
  4. The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
  5. Anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted.
  6. Damaged.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “Smith nonetheless fails to demonstrate that those efforts, in any way, contributed to any successful salvage of lost or abandoned property.”
      “He is called in to officiate in the salvage of an imminent culinary disaster threatening the fortunes of a famous political family.”
      “I made a very nice rosary for him from the amber beads among the salvage.”
salve
  1. An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
  2. Any remedy or action that soothes or heals.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “She could rub salve on his open wounds later, she bandaged a few that were bleeding badly but then covered him in his blankets and stroked his forehead.”
salvee
  1. One whose property is at risk and needs to be salvaged.
  2. Eye dialect spelling of salvo.
salvagee
  1. One who is salvaged.
  2. (nautical) A free rope on a sailing ship (one that does not have a single dedicated purpose).
  3. Examples:
    1. “Take a piece of good rope, splice a thimble in one end, and fit the other like a salvagee.”
salvage
  1. (Philippine English) summary execution, extrajudicial killing
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Smith nonetheless fails to demonstrate that those efforts, in any way, contributed to any successful salvage of lost or abandoned property.”
      “He is called in to officiate in the salvage of an imminent culinary disaster threatening the fortunes of a famous political family.”
      “I made a very nice rosary for him from the amber beads among the salvage.”
salvageability
  1. The quality of being salvageable.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Her latest book, Stay or Go, attempts to lay out a framework for evaluating the salvageability of a relationship on rocky shores.”
      “The more striking concession of Lewis to the salvageability of Calormene culture and religion is in HHB itself.”
      “Up to four levels of salvageability can be specified by the user according to their estimate of the severity of a fire at that stand age and fuel condition, preferably based on historical data.”
salvage
  1. Obsolete spelling of savage [16th-19th c.]
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Smith nonetheless fails to demonstrate that those efforts, in any way, contributed to any successful salvage of lost or abandoned property.”
      “He is called in to officiate in the salvage of an imminent culinary disaster threatening the fortunes of a famous political family.”
      “I made a very nice rosary for him from the amber beads among the salvage.”
salvager
salvaging
salvagings
salvagers
  1. plural of salvager
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Then, as salvagers watched, the Dows reared on its beam ends, dipped its bow into the seas, and slid to the bottom.”
      “The story goes, after discovering a passenger ship missing since 1953 floating adrift on the Bering Sea, salvagers claim the vessel as their own.”
      “The hulls lie in relatively shallow water and have long been raided by salvagers and souvenir hunters, despite their status as war graves.”
salvagees
  1. plural of salvagee
salvages
salvees
  1. plural of salvee
salves
  1. plural of salve
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Rags were boiled for bandages and an assortment of ointments and salves were applied on Erik's skin to promote healing.”
      “One popular therapy at this time was the combination of anmo with herbal ointments, liniments and salves derived from the Chinese materia medica.”
      “Dairy farmers learned long ago that the salves they used to prevent cows' udders from chapping also worked beautifully for their own hands.”
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