Salvage
verb
To save something from being completely lost, often in a difficult situation.
Firefighters managed to salvage most of the possessions from the burned house.
Often appears as...
- salvage from
- salvage something
noun
The act of saving things that are in danger of being completely destroyed.
The salvage after the flood was a difficult process.
Often appears as...
- the salvage of
- after the salvage
noun
The act or process of saving a ship or goods found at sea.
The salvage operations of the sunken vessel will start tomorrow.
Often appears as...
- salvage operations
- salvage at sea
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To save a ship, or items from a ship, that is at risk of being lost at sea.
The team salvaged the abandoned ship at sea.
Often appears as...
- salvage a ship
- salvage at sea
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To save something from being completely lost, often in a difficult situation.
Firefighters managed to salvage most of the possessions from the burned house.
Often appears as...
- salvage from
- salvage something
noun
The act of saving things that are in danger of being completely destroyed.
The salvage after the flood was a difficult process.
Often appears as...
- the salvage of
- after the salvage
noun
The act or process of saving a ship or goods found at sea.
The salvage operations of the sunken vessel will start tomorrow.
Often appears as...
- salvage operations
- salvage at sea
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To save a ship, or items from a ship, that is at risk of being lost at sea.
The team salvaged the abandoned ship at sea.
Often appears as...
- salvage a ship
- salvage at sea
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Difficult Situations
Used when someone saves parts of a situation or object that seemed almost completely gone.
After the earthquake, they could only salvage a few belongings.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Total Loss
Emphasizes partial recovery when something cannot be fully saved or repaired.
Despite the team's effort, they could only salvage the project's basic framework.
Pro Tip 3/3Last-Minute Rescue
Often involves quick action to rescue what remains before it's too late.
The players managed to salvage the game in the final minutes.
Pro Tip 1/3Difficult Situations
Used when someone saves parts of a situation or object that seemed almost completely gone.
After the earthquake, they could only salvage a few belongings.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Total Loss
Emphasizes partial recovery when something cannot be fully saved or repaired.
Despite the team's effort, they could only salvage the project's basic framework.
Pro Tip 3/3Last-Minute Rescue
Often involves quick action to rescue what remains before it's too late.
The players managed to salvage the game in the final minutes.
Pro Tip 1/3Difficult Situations
Used when someone saves parts of a situation or object that seemed almost completely gone.
After the earthquake, they could only salvage a few belongings.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Total Loss
Emphasizes partial recovery when something cannot be fully saved or repaired.
Despite the team's effort, they could only salvage the project's basic framework.
Pro Tip 3/3Last-Minute Rescue
Often involves quick action to rescue what remains before it's too late.
The players managed to salvage the game in the final minutes.
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Risky Business...
since it's gone in it came in very straight it didn't move when it came in it would just rolled around a little bit until it was hold and then it sunk fast so thankfully it hasn't rolled around and bashed a load of marine life for the salvage master this is the best possible
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A young poet tells the...
by talking the life out of it. And she said that I could make a thief in a silo laugh in the middle of our raging war. War makes a broken marriage bed out of sorrow. You want nothing more than to disappear, but your heart can't salvage enough remnants to leave.
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What Bruce Lee can teach...
that he lived, and it is that distinction -- that he lived his philosophy and didn't just espouse his philosophy -- that made him the force of nature that he was, and still engages us today. His wisdom has salvaged me many times in my
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Hunting for Dinosaurs PIPE...
piece of evidence about what happened 150 million years ago has to be salvaged the layout of the entire site will be mapped and the precise location of every bone fragment recorded to help piece together the remains the more complete
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Lessons we can learn...
bunch of men and women clad in identical great t-shirts emblazoned with the words Rubicon they came there to help residents comb through the debris for their possessions and their keepsakes then haul away what couldn't be salvaged
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Why This Museum Stores...
the world that we have essentially fabricated for them and that includes them dying as a result of interacting with humans in that urban environment the salvage animal program is a program where we ask people to bring in animals
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Barry Clifford: Pirate...
he also kept a ship's log couldn't spell very well but he the things that he was saying were things that I could understand as a salver because he was in the salvage business he said that the water was messy with sand and he
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Sleep is your superpower...
into older adults and those with dementia. Can we restore back some healthy quality of deep sleep, and in doing so, can we salvage aspects of their learning and memory function? That is my real hope now.
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Eating Poison Fish PIPE...
this is my fugue license after world war ii fugu fatality skyrocketed starving japanese would comb restaurant trash bins they'd salvage discarded fugu grill the
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Why should you read “The...
“A few dozen hours can affect the outcome of whole lifetimes/ And that when they do, those few dozen hours, like the salvaged remains of a burned clock…
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Risky Business...
since it's gone in it came in very straight it didn't move when it came in it would just rolled around a little bit until it was hold and then it sunk fast so thankfully it hasn't rolled around and bashed a load of marine life for the salvage master this is the best possible
Video examples
A young poet tells the...
by talking the life out of it. And she said that I could make a thief in a silo laugh in the middle of our raging war. War makes a broken marriage bed out of sorrow. You want nothing more than to disappear, but your heart can't salvage enough remnants to leave.
Video examples
What Bruce Lee can teach...
that he lived, and it is that distinction -- that he lived his philosophy and didn't just espouse his philosophy -- that made him the force of nature that he was, and still engages us today. His wisdom has salvaged me many times in my
Video examples
Hunting for Dinosaurs PIPE...
piece of evidence about what happened 150 million years ago has to be salvaged the layout of the entire site will be mapped and the precise location of every bone fragment recorded to help piece together the remains the more complete
Video examples
Lessons we can learn...
bunch of men and women clad in identical great t-shirts emblazoned with the words Rubicon they came there to help residents comb through the debris for their possessions and their keepsakes then haul away what couldn't be salvaged
Video examples
Why This Museum Stores...
the world that we have essentially fabricated for them and that includes them dying as a result of interacting with humans in that urban environment the salvage animal program is a program where we ask people to bring in animals
Video examples
Barry Clifford: Pirate...
he also kept a ship's log couldn't spell very well but he the things that he was saying were things that I could understand as a salver because he was in the salvage business he said that the water was messy with sand and he
Video examples
Sleep is your superpower...
into older adults and those with dementia. Can we restore back some healthy quality of deep sleep, and in doing so, can we salvage aspects of their learning and memory function? That is my real hope now.
Video examples
Eating Poison Fish PIPE...
this is my fugue license after world war ii fugu fatality skyrocketed starving japanese would comb restaurant trash bins they'd salvage discarded fugu grill the
Video examples
Why should you read “The...
“A few dozen hours can affect the outcome of whole lifetimes/ And that when they do, those few dozen hours, like the salvaged remains of a burned clock…
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Quote examples
Aleksandar Hemon
Bosniak Writer
For people who are displaced, you can reconstruct the story of your life from the objects you have access to, but if you don't have the objects then there are holes in your life. This is why people in Bosnia - if anyone was running back into a burning house, it was to salvage photos.
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Jacques Yves Cousteau
French Explorer
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.
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David Ignatius
American Journalist
When historians look at the Obama presidency, they're likely to credit him especially for doing the politically unpopular things that were needed in 2009 to salvage the financial wreckage.
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Nick Offerman
American Actor
For years I drove a big Ford F250 pickup. That was my ride because two-thirds of my work was wood work, and I'm always driving up to Northern California, where I harvest salvaged trees.
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Jen Lilley
American Actress
But I did get to see the Notre-Dame cathedral, which was really special to me. I'm completely heartbroken over the fire, but I'm really glad that they're gonna be able to salvage it.
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Richard Painter
American Lawyer
I tried to salvage the situation with the Republican Party for a long time. We've had for decades a departure from the fundamental values of the Republican Party and from America.
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George Orwell
British Author
Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.
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John Knoll
American Artist
Often if a picture is in trouble one way or another, there are ways to salvage it, through reshoots or whatever.
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Al Goldstein
American Publisher
Even though marriage is doomed, if you turned it into a job you like and really work at it - it can be salvaged.
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Jesmyn Ward
American Novelist
We salvage the bones of our lives every day, through small tragedies and big tragedies.
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Aleksandar Hemon
Bosniak Writer
For people who are displaced, you can reconstruct the story of your life from the objects you have access to, but if you don't have the objects then there are holes in your life. This is why people in Bosnia - if anyone was running back into a burning house, it was to salvage photos.
Quote examples
Jacques Yves Cousteau
French Explorer
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.
Quote examples
David Ignatius
American Journalist
When historians look at the Obama presidency, they're likely to credit him especially for doing the politically unpopular things that were needed in 2009 to salvage the financial wreckage.
Quote examples
Nick Offerman
American Actor
For years I drove a big Ford F250 pickup. That was my ride because two-thirds of my work was wood work, and I'm always driving up to Northern California, where I harvest salvaged trees.
Quote examples
Jen Lilley
American Actress
But I did get to see the Notre-Dame cathedral, which was really special to me. I'm completely heartbroken over the fire, but I'm really glad that they're gonna be able to salvage it.
Quote examples
Richard Painter
American Lawyer
I tried to salvage the situation with the Republican Party for a long time. We've had for decades a departure from the fundamental values of the Republican Party and from America.
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George Orwell
British Author
Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.
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John Knoll
American Artist
Often if a picture is in trouble one way or another, there are ways to salvage it, through reshoots or whatever.
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Al Goldstein
American Publisher
Even though marriage is doomed, if you turned it into a job you like and really work at it - it can be salvaged.
Quote examples
Jesmyn Ward
American Novelist
We salvage the bones of our lives every day, through small tragedies and big tragedies.
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