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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Example sentences from the Web for life-saving

With $617 billion spent to fund our national defense, we can certainly grab a billion or two to fund these lifesaving reforms.
A Former Navy Firearms Instructor and Proud Gun Owner On Why We Need Common Sense Gun Control|Shawn VanDiver|May 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They will translate immediately to cancer patients not having access to lifesaving kinds of approaches.
Sequester Cuts Put More Cancer Patients at Risk of Dying, Researchers Say|Jamie Reno|March 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
John Barry on his romantic European past, his lifesaving service in Iraq, and his lasting legacy.
The Noble General|John Barry|July 24, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Lifesaving drugs are an indispensable part of modern medicine.
Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006|Various

Mr. Goodall had once been wrecked on the Danish coast and rescued by the captain of the lifesaving crew, a friend of my family.
Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6)|Various
But if we keep going we ought to strike a lifesaving station or somethingcome on.
Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane|Dorothy Wayne

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