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RESCUE OPERATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rescue operation mean?
• RESCUE OPERATION (noun)
The noun RESCUE OPERATION has 1 sense:
1. an operation organized to free from danger or confinement
Familiarity information: RESCUE OPERATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An operation organized to free from danger or confinement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rescue operation" is a kind of...):
operation (a planned activity involving many people performing various actions)
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