salvage
To save something useful from a wreck or disaster.
salvage in a sentence
- After the flood, we managed to salvage Grandma's photo albums before the water ruined everything else.
- Divers hope to salvage the ship's bell from the wreck at the bottom of the bay.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to salvage?
- Adump
- Bsave
- Close
- Dwaste
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B: save. The other three mean the opposite of salvage.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to salvage?
- Arecover
- Bsave
- Close
- Drescue
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C: lose. The other three mean nearly the same as salvage.
Words that mean something similar
save, rescue, recover
Words that mean the opposite
lose, waste, dump
More words about movement & action
- saunter: To walk in a slow and relaxed way with no hurry at all.
- scavenge: To search through leftovers or rubbish for anything useful to eat or keep.
- scour: To search every part of a place very carefully.
- scuttle: To run with quick short steps, often to hide.
- seize: To grab something suddenly and firmly.
- sever: To cut something completely in two or break it off.
- shudder: To shake suddenly because you are cold, scared or disgusted; or that sudden shake.
- simmer: To cook gently with small bubbles, or to be quietly full of anger.
More words to explore
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