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life-and-death
[ lahyf-uhn-deth ]
adjective
- ending with the death or possible death of one of the participants; crucially important:
The cobra was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the mongoose.
Word History and Origins
Origin of life-and-death1
Idioms and Phrases
see matter of life and death .Example Sentences
It said the diversity of opinion within the board "is not unlike the politics of Israel itself, whose rambunctious democratic culture sees a fierce exchange of views about these excruciating life-and-death issues".
It’s actually a reflection of a disturbing failure: Our government does not properly alert people about disasters, with life-and-death consequences.
There’s nothing like a life-and-death situation turning out “life” to moisten one’s eyes, especially if you or a loved one has spent any time in the medical system, or feared the possibility.
If we are gamifying life-and-death issues, it could really negatively influence culture and society in a way we don’t like.”
So you have an awareness how to sort of navigate potential life-and-death situations.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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