salvage

/ˈsælvɪdʒ/ verb [T]

Translation

FROM PLACE › to save things from a place where other things have been damaged or lost

geriye kalanları kurtarmak

gold coins salvaged from a shipwreck1990

FROM SITUATION › to try to make a bad situation better

kurtarmak

an attempt to salvage her reputation1990

(Definition of salvage verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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