rescue worker
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrescueandworker
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rescue
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈres.kjuː/us/ˈres.kjuː/
the act of helping someone out of a dangerous or ...
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worker
noun[C]
uk/ˈwɜː.kər/us/ˈwɝː.kɚ/
someone who works in a particular job or in a ...
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(Definition ofrescueandworkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In another, they knew that everyrescueworkerwas tainted with cancer.
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A third, with the time 10.44 am, showed arescueworkercarrying the girl with no ambulance nearby.
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The linderman effect has not yet been studied in other high stress environments such as arescueworkeror a person in the medical profession.
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The rescue workers had, therefore, to take into the men protective apparatus which they could use when they came out.
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I endorse everything she said about the courage of the rescue workers and the conditions in which they had to work.
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Unhappily, one of the rescue workers lost his life.
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The training of the rescue workers is arduous, it demands full-time commitment and is dangerous.
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Payments received by mine rescue workers are liable to tax as remuneration of their employment.
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But, of course, the rescue workers are still ceaselessly pressing on with every practicable measure to make the pit safe for further exploration.
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I wish to pay tribute to the rescue workers involved—firemen, police, doctors and hospitals and railwaymen.
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If we endorsed the convention, such ships could be saved, lives could be saved and both the salvage and rescue workers could be protected.
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I wish to make clear that there is an argument that full-time brigadesmen should be replaced with part-time rescue workers.
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But that could well result in an inferior service staffed by part-time rescue workers rather than the full-time standby service currently in existence.
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In addition, two of the rescue workers were injured by a further explosion while they were engaged on their noble work.
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Without doubt, many people were saved the devastation of their homes by the speedy information which the police conveyed to the rescue workers.
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There are, again, the civilian volunteers—too few of them but most publicspirited—the wardens, rescue workers, firemen and the rest.
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I endorse the expressions of sympathy for those who lost their lives and of awe at the courage of the rescue workers.
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