life-threateningadjective
uk/ˈlaɪfˌθret.ən.ɪŋ/us/ˈlaɪfˌθret.ən.ɪŋ/A life-threatening disease is a very serious one that can cause death:
life-threatening diseases such as cancer
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Killing
- assisted suicide
- commit suicide idiom
- decimation
- do for sb/sth
- drown
- early
- electrocute
- end it (all) idiom
- fatal
- finish
- hara-kiri
- immolate
- killer
- malignant
- mercy killing
- mortally
- shooting
- slaughterhouse
- suicide
- terminal
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