Scavenge
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse for useful material to remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle to feed on carrion or refuse
Salvage
Part of speech: verb
Definition: Of property or people at risk, to rescueOf discarded goods, to put to useTo make new or restore for the use of being saved
Part of speech: noun
Definition: the rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situationthe ship, crew or cargo so rescuedthe compensation paid to the rescuersthe similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescuedanything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasteddamaged
Example sentence: I tried to salvage the situation with the Republican Party for a long time. We've had for decades a departure from the fundamental values of the Republican Party and from America.