salvages
Retrieves from ruins
Salvages is the verb form of salvage, meaning to rescue or recover something from loss, destruction, or waste.
You salvage goods from a shipwreck, data from a crashed hard drive, or dignity from an embarrassing situation: She salvaged what she could from the failed relationship.
The noun salvages refers to multiple instances of such recovery operations.
Destroyed vessel at sea
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- cargoTransported goods
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- hullOuter covering or frame
flotsam · jetsam · divers · underwater · debris · nautical · maritime · sunken
Exchanges for worth
- rescuesFrees from danger
- savesStores or rescues
- preservesCooked fruit in sugar
- repairsRestorative maintenance work
mends · fixes · restores · rehabilitates · resurrects · revives · renews · recovers
Frees from danger
- retrievesGets and returns
- reclaimsTakes back possession
- recoversRegains health or possession
- savesStores or rescues
extracts · collects · gathers · recoups · recaptures · restores · liberates · pulls
Discarded bit or tussle
- metalHard conductive solid
- junkWorthless discarded items
- wasteUnwanted discarded material
- materialsRaw stuff for creation
components · parts · repurposes · upcycles · reuses · dismantles · disassembles · strips
shipwreck
Destroyed vessel at sea
hull · flotsam · jetsam · divers · underwater · debris · nautical · maritime · sunken · towing
redeems
Exchanges for worth
repairs · mends · fixes · restores · rehabilitates · resurrects · revives · renews · recovers · reclaims
rescues
Frees from danger
saves · extracts · collects · gathers · recoups · recaptures · restores · liberates · pulls · hauls
scrap
Discarded bit or tussle
materials · components · parts · repurposes · upcycles · reuses · dismantles · disassembles · strips · recycles
salvagesabandons
Ceases to support
forsakes · deserts · relinquishes · leaves behind · writes off
salvagesdestroys
Causes complete ruin
ruins · wrecks · demolishes · devastates · trashes
- salvage operationRetrieval of damaged goods
- salvage yardBusiness selling recovered materials
- auto salvageReclaiming usable car parts
- salvage titleDamaged vehicle's legal status
- ship salvageRetrieving sunken watercraft
- salvage pathwayCellular recycling of molecules
salvage, salvaged, salvaging, salvageable, salvager, salvagers