life-saving

adjective

acting to save a person's life

informal giving help in time of need

noun

the practice or techniques of saving people's lives

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Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?

owl

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Words nearby life-saving

life plant, life preserver, lifer, life raft, lifesaver, life-saving, Lifesaving Service, life science, life sentence, life signs, life-size

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Example sentences from the Web for life-saving

Life-saving vaccines for those illnesses and others are—without enough medical workers to disburse them—going unused.
Millions Promised for Ebola Not Adding Up|Abby Haglage|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now, one company is trying to minimize the potential danger of these (often necessary and life-saving) machines.
Are Routine Scans Causing Cancer?|Dale Eisinger|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Only she can make hetersoexuality sound like a life-saving elixir that I need to inject directly into my veins.
Lana Del Rey Makes Me Wish I Were Straight|Samantha Allen|July 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But then Looking suddenly discovered the life-saving qualities of tension, plot, and the power of a good love triangle.
How ‘Looking’ Suddenly Got Its Act Together|Tim Teeman|March 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The broader question is what is the proper cost of life-saving pharmaceuticals?
There’s a Life Saving New Drug. But You Can’t Afford It.|Kaiser Health News|February 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"Life-saving seems to soften the heart," she reflected, grimly, conscious as always of her own reactions.
Dangerous Ages|Rose Macaulay
We are too busy, we have too many really important things to do, to worry ourselves about life-saving appliances.
Studies in love and in terror|Marie Belloc Lowndes
Lots of people seem to forget that the lighthouse-keeper is not the coast-guard or the head of the crew of a life-saving station.
Some Naval Yarns|Mordaunt Hall
I should be sorry to desert you all, but I'm sick of the very sound of 'life-saving'!
The New Girl at St. Chad's|Angela Brazil
Why, the penalty might be regarded as so violent there'd be no life-saving at all.
A Tale of Two Tunnels|William Clark Russell

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