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# [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aid aid], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/assistance assistance], or [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/relief relief] given to one in [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/distress distress]; help or support. | # [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aid aid], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/assistance assistance], or [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/relief relief] given to one in [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/distress distress]; help or support. | ||
#* '' | #* ''Yugen cried out for succor in his time of need, and a magical nurse floated down to assist.''[[File:Succor - Angel Rescuing Figure from Bathtub (Earthbath) Under Night Sky.png|alt=Grayscale pixel-art scene of a person lying in a bathtub outdoors at night while a winged figure reaches down from the sky to pull them up, symbolizing rescue or aid.|thumb|Succor - A winged figure descends from the night sky to rescue a vulnerable person from a bathtub in a desolate landscape. Commissioned by MoribundMurdoch; artwork by @pixel_paul.]] | ||
# Aid or assistance in a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/military military] sense, especially [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reinforcement reinforcements] (troops, supplies). | # Aid or assistance in a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/military military] sense, especially [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reinforcement reinforcements] (troops, supplies). | ||
#* ''The army called for succor before the siege worsened.'' | #* ''The army called for succor before the siege worsened.'' | ||