1. giving help or assistance to someone in difficulty or distress
Usage: present participle of succour; formal or literary

Examples

• The rescue team was succouring the trapped miners.
• She spent her life succouring the poor and homeless.
• The charity organization is succouring refugees in the camp.
• Local volunteers were succouring flood victims.
• The nurse was succouring patients throughout the night.
• They were succouring the wounded soldiers on the battlefield.