Life-saving
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Life-saving is an adjective meaning Preserving life; preventing death.
Meaning
Preserving life; preventing death.
Example Sentences
Rizwan, who began his career on the railways in 2015, has risen to national prominence after making an estimated 29 life-saving interventions.
King was later said to have been within a sneeze or a jolt of extinction. Were it not for the pair of cops who gingerly carried him from Blumstein’s department store and the pair of surgeons who performed lifesaving surgery at Harlem Hospital there would have been no “I Have a Dream” speech and likely no national holiday honoring him.
Word Forms
- lifesaving
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lifesaving, rescuing, rescue, saving, safeguard, bailout.
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