deliver
verb [T] (SAVE) /dɪˈlɪv.ər/
/-ɚ/ formalDefinition
› to save someone from a painful or bad experience: Is there nothing that can be done to deliver these starving people from their suffering?Preserving and savingDefending and protecting deliverance /-əns/ noun [U] formal › We pray for deliverance from our sins.Forgiveness in religion deliverer /-ər/
/-ɚ/ noun [C] formal › Moses was the deliverer of the Israelites from Egypt.Preserving and savingDefending and protecting
/-ɚ/ noun [C] formal › Moses was the deliverer of the Israelites from Egypt.Preserving and savingDefending and protecting(Definition of deliver verb (SAVE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a knight in shining armour idiom
- conserve verb
- guardian angel noun
- keep sth up phrasal verb
- life-saver noun (WATER)
- life-saving noun
- lifeguard noun
- maintain verb (KEEP IN GOOD CONDITION)
- pluck verb (REMOVE)
- reclaim verb
- recycling noun
- salvage verb
- salvation noun
- save sb's bacon/neck idiom
- save verb (MAKE SAFE)
- save your own skin/hide idiom
- saved by the bell idiom
- saviour noun
- spare verb (AVOID)
- sustain verb (CONTINUE)
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Preserving and saving
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