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    life-and-death
    /lʌɪf(ə)n(d)ˈdɛθ/

    adjective

    • 1. deciding whether someone lives or dies; vitally important: "heart surgeons deal with life-and-death situations on a daily basis"

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  2. LIFE-AND-DEATH definition: 1. involving the possibility that someone will die: 2. very important and serious: 3. involving…. Learn more.

  3. The meaning of LIFE-AND-DEATH is involving or culminating in life or death : vitally important as if involving life or death. How to use life-and-death in a sentence.

  4. LIFE-AND-DEATH meaning: 1. involving the possibility that someone will die: 2. very important and serious: 3. involving…. Learn more.

  5. Life-and-death definition: ending with the death or possible death of one of the participants; crucially important. See examples of LIFE-AND-DEATH used in a sentence.

  6. 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. Also: life-or-death. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.

  7. Involving or ending in life or death: a mongoose in a life-and-death battle with a cobra. 2. Vitally important: a life-and-death struggle between union and management.

  8. Definition of life-and-death adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  9. A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH definition: a situation that is extremely serious: . Learn more.

  10. Definitions of life-and-death. adjective. vitally important. “a life-and-death struggle”. synonyms: life-or-death. crucial, important. of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis.

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