What is another word for salvage?

Pronunciation: [sˈalvɪd͡ʒ] (IPA)

Salvage can refer to the act of rescuing or saving something from destruction, damage or loss. There are several synonyms for this word which include reclaim, recover, retrieve, restore, regain, salvageable, salvageability, salvageable material, and save. Reclaim means to retrieve something lost, stolen, or taken away unjustly. Recover, on the other hand, means to get back something that was lost or stolen. Retrieve is the act of retrieving something that has been misplaced or lost. Restore means to bring something back to its original state or condition. Regain means to get back something that was lost or taken away from you. Salvageable refers to anything that can be saved, while salvageability is the potential of something being able to be saved. Salvageable material refers to anything that can be saved or recovered, while save means to keep something from being lost or damaged.

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What are the hypernyms for Salvage?

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What are the opposite words for salvage?

Salvage refers to the recovery of goods or materials that have been discarded or damaged. Antonyms for salvage include terms that imply destruction, waste, or loss. These might include "destroy," "ruin," "waste," "discard," "forfeit," "abscond," "lose," "squander," "abandon," "misplace," "surrender," or "give up." These words describe situations where an item or opportunity is lost or neglected, instead of being saved or rescued. Using antonyms for salvage is important when conveying a sense of disappointment, distress, or regret at missed opportunities or the failure to protect something of value.

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Usage examples for Salvage

And none of them knew how they had been sent as a salvage crew to save the child's spirit from the spell of the sea-dream, and to carry it safely back to the land that loved him.
"Moonshine & Clover"
Laurence Housman
Protect the E science from Gunderson, or at least salvage what they might.
"Eight Keys to Eden"
Mark Irvin Clifton
We must salvage what we can.
"Eight Keys to Eden"
Mark Irvin Clifton

Famous quotes with Salvage

  • Man can and must prevent the tragedy of famine in the future instead of merely trying with pious regret to salvage the human wreckage of the famine, as he has so often done in the past.
    Norman Borlaug
  • As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed to interject here a deeply felt tribute to those who were not fortunate enough to succeed, but who shared the signal honor of trying to the last to salvage peace.
    Rene Cassin
  • The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters... and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult.
    Jacques Yves Cousteau
  • Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.
    George Orwell
  • I sometimes think that we are like Stars in the Galaxy, the Time-travellers, millions and trillions of them are being born and being deceased every moment, as I write this note. Those who are being born right now cannot be seen by us, until the light from them should reach to us after many centuries or milleniums to come. The Stars twinkle, brighten our world, and many a times they burst into Supernova to illuminate the whole of universe. Just like Stars, we too like to leave our marks, with our divine sparks of intelligence that transform into our creations, writings, paintings, poetry, and inventions etc, something that we always struggle to salvage from the inebitable great dance of death. And each Star thus becomes the mirror that reflects that divine light within us, the humans and all the life on Earth alike.
    Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate

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