hope of rescue

collocation in English

meaningsofhopeandrescue

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hope
noun[C or U]
uk
/həʊp/us
/hoʊp/
something good that you want to happen in the future, or a confident feeling about what will happen in ...
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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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(Definition ofhopeandrescuefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhope of rescue

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There is no other plank available and no immediatehopeofrescue.
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A basement was cut off and the people there had nohopeofrescue.
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We can no longer leave people living in cramped, dark, rotten houses with no water, sometimes no lavatories, no proper ventilation and nohopeofrescue.
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It is a huge business, and it is the onehopeofrescuefor millions of people, nearly every one, in a way, a separate problem.
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With no apparenthopeofrescue, the crew resign themselves to death.
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There is nothing to build shelter or fire with, and nohopeofrescue.
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They find him stuck in a tree, but now they are dismayed because the plane was their lasthopeofrescue.
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Hishopeofrescuewas quickly deflated, as the boat did not see or hear him crying for help.
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The city's inhabitants live in thehopeofrescuefrom their lost home world.
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The ending of the play, in which a young girl is buried alive with nohopeofrescue, was too much for audiences.
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Eventually, no persons were seen at the windows, and any hopes of rescue for those inside ended when the roof of the building collapsed.
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