search and rescue mission

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   a rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them

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Questions about search and rescue mission

What does search and rescue mission mean?

search and rescue mission means "a rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them".

Is search and rescue mission a common word?

search and rescue mission is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.