salvaged

3 definitions • 4 examples

past simple and past participle of

to save goods from damage or destruction, especially from a ship that has sunk or been damaged or a building that has been damaged by fire or a flood:

gold coins salvaged from a shipwreck

After the fire, there wasn't much furniture left worth salvaging.

to try to make a bad situation better:

It was a desperate attempt to salvage the situation.

After the fraud scandal he had to make great efforts to salvage his reputation.