rescue mission
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[edit]Noun
[edit]rescue mission (plural rescue missions)
- (literally) A mission, operation to reach and rescue people in urgent need, as after a disaster
- 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
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[edit]operation to reach and rescue people in urgent need
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