life-sustaining

adjective

: helping someone or something to stay alive : supporting or extending life

life-sustaining medical treatment

The storm brought life-sustaining rain/water to the farms.

Examples of life-sustaining in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Oxybenzone and octinoxate, two of the most common chemical sunscreen ingredients, have been identified as primary drivers of coral bleaching, a process that strips corals of their life-sustaining algae and leaves them vulnerable to disease and death. —Arlene Blum, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025

If, as seems likely, these planets are first populated by private companies such as SpaceX, then off-planet settlers would be dependent on their corporate sponsors for food, air, and life-sustaining technology. —Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 21 June 2025

Everyone has the right to withdraw life-sustaining care, Kelley said. —Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 17 June 2025

But beverages can be more than a source of life-sustaining fluids. —Caroline Tien, SELF, 10 June 2025

Rhymes for life-sustaining

• immunostaining
• abstaining
• attaining
• campaigning
• complaining
• constraining
• containing
• detaining
• disdaining
• entraining
• explaining
• maintaining