ontzetten — meaning in English

English meaning

• move verb To change position or location.
• rescue verb To save someone or something from danger, harm, or a difficult situation.

Senses

ontzetten is used for these senses in English:

• move (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).
• rescue To recover forcibly, especially from a siege.

move — full definition

1. verb To change position or location.
2. verb To relocate to a new home, job, or place of business.
3. verb To cause strong emotion in someone.
4. verb To formally propose something at a meeting.
5. noun An act of changing position, or a step taken toward a goal.

rescue — full definition

1. verb To save someone or something from danger, harm, or a difficult situation.
2. noun An act of saving someone or something from danger.

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