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ˈlife-ˌsaving

adjective

  1. acting to save a person's life
  2. informal.
    giving help in time of need
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. the practice or techniques of saving people's lives
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Life-saving vaccines for those illnesses and others are—without enough medical workers to disburse them—going unused.

Now, one company is trying to minimize the potential danger of these (often necessary and life-saving) machines.

Africans are on the front lines of humanitarian efforts, distributing life-saving aid in dangerous environments.

Only she can make hetersoexuality sound like a life-saving elixir that I need to inject directly into my veins.

But then Looking suddenly discovered the life-saving qualities of tension, plot, and the power of a good love triangle.

So I put on my life-saving waistcoat and blew it out; clapped my new gas-mask on my head and entered.

All boats and other life-saving appliances are to be kept ready for use to the satisfaction of the board of trade.

That the board of trade inspection of boats and life-saving appliances should be of a more searching character than hitherto.

Can you land us some distance south of the life-saving station?

The most gratifying results have attended the operations of the Life Saving Service during the last fiscal year.

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