lifesaver

[lahyf-sey-ver]

noun

a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
a person or thing that saves a person, as from a difficult situation or critical moment: That money was a lifesaver.
Chiefly British. a lifeguard.

Origin of lifesaver

First recorded in 1880–85; life + saver

Related formslife·sav·ing, adjective, noun

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Examples from the Web for lifesaving

Contemporary Examples of lifesaving

With $617 billion spent to fund our national defense, we can certainly grab a billion or two to fund these lifesaving reforms.
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Shawn VanDiver
May 14, 2014
They will translate immediately to cancer patients not having access to lifesaving kinds of approaches.
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John Barry on his romantic European past, his lifesaving service in Iraq, and his lasting legacy.
The Noble General
John Barry
July 24, 2011

Historical Examples of lifesaving

But if we keep going we ought to strike a lifesaving station or somethingcome on.
Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane
Dorothy Wayne
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
Lifesaving drugs are an indispensable part of modern medicine.
Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006
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