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mouth-to-mouth

British

adjective

designating a method of artificial respiration involving blowing air rhythmically into the mouth of a person who has stopped breathing, to stimulate return of spontaneous breathing

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mouth-to-mouth

He tried to revive Breeze by giving her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation when her body was brought outside, but it was too late.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

They defined kissing as non-aggressive, mouth-to-mouth contact that does not involve food transfer.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2025

“She was responding to the chest compressions. She was responding to the mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in a positive way,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025

Sgt Peters gave Interpreter Popal mouth-to-mouth, but he died soon afterwards.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2024

The guy that got there first started giving him mouth-to-mouth and the other guy started pushing on his chest.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers

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