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Salvage: meaning, example and synonyms

Salvagev. To save something valuable from ruin, loss, or failure.

Flashcard for Salvage (verb): to save something valuable from ruin, loss, or failure. Example: Although contamination had compromised the original experiment, the team salvaged enough reliable data to publish a modest but valid finding. Synonyms: rescue, recover, retrieve, save. Antonyms: lose, abandon, forfeit, squander. Memory tip: Salvage ~ save: pull what you can from the wreck. Illustration: two divers in wetsuits gently lifting a plain old wooden chest from a sunken ship on a sandy seabed surrounded by colorful fish.

Example

Although contamination had compromised the original experiment, the team salvaged enough reliable data to publish a modest but valid finding.

Part of speech
verb
Synonyms
rescue, recover, retrieve, save
Antonyms
lose, abandon, forfeit, squander
Memory tip
Salvage ~ save: pull what you can from the wreck.

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Question 1

After fire swept through the archive, conservators worked for months to ______ whatever documents remained legible, freezing waterlogged pages to halt further decay.

Question 2

The coach's halftime adjustments ______ what had looked like a certain defeat, and the team rallied to tie the game in its final minutes.

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