English Explanatory Dictionary

search and rescue

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

search and rescue search and rescues searches and rescues search-and-rescue

Synonyms

SAR
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