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life-and-death

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1. life-and-death - Adjective

2. life-and-death - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

vitally important

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a life-and-death struggle Source: Internet

In addition, having Wally hail from a land where one could be executed for being gay — and the life-and-death closet in which he thus resides to his beloved mother a world away — seems to plop an avoidable serving of pain onto an already heaving table. Source: Internet

For the rest of us, their sacrifice is a reminder that any of us may be called upon without warning to meet a life-and-death challenge. Source: Internet

But, indicative of how Levine succeeds in relating her high-wire experiences with the less life-and-death nature of business throughout the book, her overall point is about the leaps of faith we all make when putting together a trusted team. Source: Internet

And you don’t have to wait for a life-and-death situation to offer the marrow of yourself to another person. Source: Internet

If our officers cannot respond to life-and-death situations until backup arrives or are forced to employ a checklist during rapidly advancing and extraordinarily dangerous situations, ultimately everyone involved is placed at a higher risk." Source: Internet

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