life-savingadjective
also lifesaving uk/ˈlaɪfˌseɪ.vɪŋ/us/ˈlaɪfˌseɪ.vɪŋ/done to prevent someone from dying:
She had a life-saving operation to remove a blood clot.
the charity's life-saving work in Africa
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Medical treatment: treating & caring for people
- attention
- bedside manner
- bring
- care for sb
- domiciliary
- eye
- first-line treatment
- keep your/an eye on sth/sb idiom
- mind
- minister
- minister to sb
- modality
- nurse
- patch sb/sth up
- referral
- section
- set sb up
- soothe
- tend
- treatment
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life-savingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈlaɪfˌseɪ.vɪŋ/us/ˈlaɪfˌseɪ.vɪŋ/actions that can save someone's life when they have fallen into water:
a certificate in life-saving
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Preserving and saving
- a knight in shining armour idiom
- conserve
- deliver
- guardian angel
- keep sth up
- knight
- life-saver
- lifeguard
- maintain
- reclaim
- recyclable
- recycling
- salvage
- salvation
- save
- save sb's bacon/neck idiom
- save your own skin/hide idiom
- saved by the bell idiom
- saviour
- spare
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