lifesaver

[ lahyf-sey-ver ]

/ ˈlaɪfˌseɪ vər /

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.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1880–85; life + saver

Related formslife·sav·ing, adjective, noun

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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They will translate immediately to cancer patients not having access to lifesaving kinds of approaches.
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Lifesaving drugs are an indispensable part of modern medicine.
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Mr. Goodall had once been wrecked on the Danish coast and rescued by the captain of the lifesaving crew, a friend of my family.
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But if we keep going we ought to strike a lifesaving station or somethingcome on.
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