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    sal·vage
    [ˈsalvij]
    verb
    salvage (verb) · salvages (third person present) · salvaged (past tense) · salvaged (past participle) · salvaging (present participle)
    1. rescue (a wrecked or disabled ship or its cargo) from loss at sea:
      "an emerald and gold cross was salvaged from the wreck"
      • retrieve or preserve (something) from potential loss or adverse circumstances:
        "it was the only crumb of comfort he could salvage from the ordeal"
    2. PHILIPPINE ENGLISH
      apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial:
      "those who are salvaged simply disappear from their homes or workplaces"
    noun
    salvage (noun)
    1. the rescue of a wrecked or disabled ship or its cargo from loss at sea:
      "a salvage operation was under way"
      • the cargo saved from a wrecked or sunken ship:
        "salvage taken from a ship that had sunk in the river"
      • the rescue of property or material from potential loss or destruction:
        "surgery resulted in the salvage of damaged myocardium"
      • law
        payment made or due to a person who has saved a ship or its cargo.
    Origin
    mid 17th century (as a noun denoting payment for saving a ship or its cargo): from French, from medieval Latin salvagium, from Latin salvare ‘to save’. The verb dates from the late 19th century.
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    verb
    1. rescue (a wrecked or disabled ship or its cargo) from loss at sea:
    noun
    1. the rescue of a wrecked or disabled ship or its cargo from loss at sea:
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