life-saving
acting to save a person's life
informal giving help in time of need
the practice or techniques of saving people's lives
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How to use life-saving in a sentence
life-saving vaccines for those illnesses and others are—without enough medical workers to disburse them—going unused.
Now, one company is trying to minimize the potential danger of these (often necessary and life-saving) machines.
Africans are on the front lines of humanitarian efforts, distributing life-saving aid in dangerous environments.
Why the US-Africa Summit Was Important and Why It Wasn't Enough | John Prendergast | August 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOnly she can make hetersoexuality sound like a life-saving elixir that I need to inject directly into my veins.
But then Looking suddenly discovered the life-saving qualities of tension, plot, and the power of a good love triangle.
So I put on my life-saving waistcoat and blew it out; clapped my new gas-mask on my head and entered.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonAll boats and other life-saving appliances are to be kept ready for use to the satisfaction of the board of trade.
Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' | British GovernmentThat the board of trade inspection of boats and life-saving appliances should be of a more searching character than hitherto.
Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' | British GovernmentCan you land us some distance south of the life-saving station?
The Girl and The Bill | Bannister MerwinThe most gratifying results have attended the operations of the Life Saving Service during the last fiscal year.
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