Succor

Word SUCCOR
Character 6
Hyphenation suc cor
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Succor"

What do we mean by succor?

Assistance in time of distress; relief. noun

One that affords assistance or relief. noun

To give assistance to in time of want, difficulty, or distress. transitive verb

To help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; assist and deliver from suffering.

Aid; help; assistance. noun

The person or thing that brings relief; especially, troops serving as an aid or assistance. noun

To run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; to relieve. transitive verb

Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress. noun

The person or thing that brings relief. noun

Aid, assistance or relief given to one in distress; ministration. noun

To give such assistance verb

Help in a difficult situation verb

Assistance in time of difficulty noun

Aid, assistance, or relief given to one in distress; ministration.

Aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers, especially reinforcements sent to support military action.

(obsolete except dialectal) Protection, refuge, shelter; a place providing such protection, refuge or shelter.

Aid; help; assistance; especially, assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress. Urban Dictionary

Curse like succer Urban Dictionary

A cautionary statement dat you tell someone who is being appealed to by a crybaby con-man begging for a handout. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Succor

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The word "succor" in example sentences

One handy way of looking at the two lists is that many of the people on the former influenced millions of Americans to seek succor from the pharmaceuticals on the latter. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

Restructuring the existing convertible bonds allows the Educomp to push out redemption date and offer near-term succor to its weakening balance sheet. ❋ Sneha Shah Of Mint (2011)

All that said, with the Cold War over and the conservative movement tending to take most of its emotional succor from a blend of militarism and homophobia these days, I hope that modern liberals and libertarians can find ways to cooperate on some of these economic issues where our interests may overlap. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Both the Mesoamerican and Christian pantheon of gods and saints, mirrors of contemporary anxieties, were created to appeal for divine succor from a vast assortment of afflictions. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The point is that al-Qaeda does not gain succor just from what Cullison calls "Arab resentment against the United States"; it also profits from the West's agonizing over the legally — not to say morally — dubious methods used to combat international terrorism, some of which clearly have a certain popular appeal, particularly in the United States. ❋ Unknown (2004)

There must be action and succor from the well-off parts of the world for the poorer sections, just as one part of our country would rally to the aid of another section in time of national disaster, such as, say, some great flood or an earthquake. ❋ Unknown (1945)

It was evident in July that the brig would never be freed from the ice, and in this critical situation, Kane, taking five men in a whaleboat, attempted to reach Beechy Island, several hundred miles to the southwest, whence he expected to obtain succor from the English searching squadron. ❋ Unknown (1906)

These thronged to Quebec in misery and desperation, begging succor from the French. ❋ Francis Parkman (1858)

My own current state of disenchantment with the US stems from its apparent abandoning of capitalist principles for the short-term succor that is offered (but unlikely to be actually delivered) by socialist intervention. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Republics do not have to take little account of this subject, but ought to consider the disorders which may arise from such incidents, and remedy them in time that it does not injure and disgrace their State or Republic; as happened to the Ardeans, who, for allowing the rivalry to increase among their citizens, were led to become divided among themselves, and wanting to reunite, had to send for outside succor, which is a great beginning to a sure servitude. ❋ Unknown (2003)

They needed nurses, mommies, the kind of succor she couldn't even begin to offer. ❋ Barr, Nevada (2005)

I am the last man to say that the succor which is given to us from America is not something in itself to rejoice in, and to rejoice in greatly. ❋ Inez Bigwood (1901)

The grand "succor" which the Church invokes came not for her; the "doors did not open." ❋ John [Editor] Rudd (1885)

Net predicted that Russia would find "succor" in the East. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Born into a family of pharmacists, artist Anna Homler took a different route in her life to provide succor using ethereal, transcendent art forms to heal the psyche, recording and performing songs in tongues and tones brought from other worlds and creating installations of distilled essences formed out of seemingly everyday objects, natural and man-made. ❋ Lisa Derrick (2011)

[Ever since] I was [five], I have [inserted] myself into every movie I've seen and gratefully, humbly found succor there. ❋ Sanjeev Sharma (2003)

[get off] your [lelay] succor ❋ NOPE1111111111111111111111 (2021)

One should always [carefully] do his research [beforehand] to determine whether someone who's [bawling] and blubbering for help actually needs it --- don't get succored in! ❋ QuacksO (2023)

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