"search and rescue" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: search and rescues [plural], searches and rescues [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|searches and rescues}} search and rescue (countable and uncountable, plural search and rescues or searches and rescues)
  1. An effort to save persons whose locations are not precisely known from hazardous situations. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: SAR [initialism], search-and-rescue Hyponyms: USAR Translations (effort to save persons): etsintä- ja pelastustoiminta (Finnish), recherche et intervention en milieu périlleux [feminine] (French), ricerca e soccorso [feminine] (Italian), poszukiwawczo-ratowniczy (Polish)
    Sense id: en-search_and_rescue-en-noun-6eWUWDLX Disambiguation of 'effort to save persons': 86 14
  2. The emergency service that performs or coordinates such efforts. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-search_and_rescue-en-noun-VCDfWwoj Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 79 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 20 80

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