The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation. / The ship, crew or cargo so rescued. / The compensation paid to the rescuers.

(transitive, of property, people or situations at risk) to rescue. / (transitive, of discarded goods) to put to use. / (transitive) To make new or restore for the use of being saved.

Obsolete spelling of savage.

(Philippines) Summary execution, extrajudicial killing.

(Philippines) To perform summary execution. / (Philippines) To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.

plural of salvage

Capable of being salvaged, saved or repaired. Worth rescuing and keeping rather discarding or replacing.

simple past tense and past participle of salvage

A person who engages in salvage work

plural of salvager