SALVAGING Synonyms
There are 15 hypernyms of the word salvaging. (close relations)
Best Alternatives
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| recovering | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • returning to health after illness or debility | ||||||
| recycling | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products • the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products | ||||||
| saving | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • an act of economizing; reduction in cost • recovery or preservation from loss or danger • the activity of protecting something from loss or danger adjective satellite • bringing about salvation or redemption from sin • characterized by thriftiness | ||||||
| reclaiming | verbv | |||||
verb • claim back • reuse (materials from waste products) • bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one • make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state • overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | ||||||
| rescuing | verbv | |||||
noun • recovery or preservation from loss or danger verb • free from harm or evil • take forcibly from legal custody | ||||||
| retrieving | verbv | |||||
verb • get or find back; recover the use of • go for and bring back • run after, pick up, and bring to the master • recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection | ||||||
| relieve | verbv | |||||
verb • provide physical relief, as from pain • free someone temporarily from his or her obligations • grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to • lessen the intensity of or calm • save from ruin, destruction, or harm • relieve oneself of troubling information • provide relief for • free from a burden, evil, or distress • take by stealing • grant exemption or release to • alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive | ||||||
| salve | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation • anything that remedies or heals or soothes verb • save from ruin, destruction, or harm • apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing | ||||||
| save | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring verb • save from ruin, destruction, or harm • to keep up and reserve for personal or special use • bring into safety • spend less; buy at a reduced price • accumulate money for future use • make unnecessary an expenditure or effort • save from sins • refrain from harming • spend sparingly, avoid the waste of • retain rights to • record data on a computer | ||||||
| scavenge | verbv | |||||
verb • clean refuse from • collect discarded material • feed on carrion or refuse • remove unwanted substances from | ||||||
