Definition of "rescue mission" []

• A mission, operation to reach and rescue people in urgent need, as after a disaster (noun)
• A religious mission set up (usually in poor city quarters) to rescue human 'derelicts' from a wasted life of sin, the final aim being conversion (noun)

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• "Lucy's rescue mission in the woods ... the preponderance of Lumptons in the Potatoes."
• "Two days after von Ribbentrop's rescue mission the Soviets made another attempt to break through, this time with stronger forces."
• "The satellites had spotted Georges dad, a rescue mission had been dispatched to pick him up, and he had returned safely to the mother ship and been reunited with Georges mom."