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.
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Macronutrients are involved in life-sustaining processes, including providing energy, producing hormones, supporting growth, and more.
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 11 Oct. 2025
Damage to the economy can sometimes be even more deadly than just the blocking of critical, life-sustaining imports.
—Mark Weisbrot, Mercury News, 27 July 2025
But a person with Parkinson’s who needs refrigerated medication or a ventilator-dependent patient in a flood-prone region needs their life-sustaining oxygen far more than a flashlight and granola bar.
—John Samuels, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
Most people understand breathing’s role as a life-sustaining function with stress-relieving properties.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 4 July 2025
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 11 Oct. 2025
Damage to the economy can sometimes be even more deadly than just the blocking of critical, life-sustaining imports.
—Mark Weisbrot, Mercury News, 27 July 2025
But a person with Parkinson’s who needs refrigerated medication or a ventilator-dependent patient in a flood-prone region needs their life-sustaining oxygen far more than a flashlight and granola bar.
—John Samuels, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
Most people understand breathing’s role as a life-sustaining function with stress-relieving properties.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 4 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for life-sustaining
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“Life-sustaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life-sustaining. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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