Definition of lifesaving
: designed for or used in saving lives
- lifesaving drugs
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All funds raised at the storytelling event will benefit lifesaving care of pets at CHS.
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The institute has described this type of legislation as a compassionate effort to get potentially lifesaving drugs into the hands of patients who would otherwise not survive.
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As access to a lifesaving drug reduces the risk of overdose death, more dangerous drug use -- including higher doses -- becomes more appealing, the researchers speculated.
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Since undergoing a lifesaving kidney transplant last summer, Selena Gomez has continued to express her appreciation for friend and actor Francia Raísa's organ donation.
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There is never a bad time to learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation or other lifesaving skills, said Kevyn Holdefer, paramedic/firefighter with the Palos Fire Protection District.
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If autonomous adults choose to forgo lifesaving medical treatment for religious reasons, they should be allowed to make that very personal decision.
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Advocates argue that adopting such laws are a way to get potentially lifesaving treatments into the hands of desperately ill patients with no routes left.
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Learning self-defense techniques from a mail-order pamphlet, book, or newspaper article not only made self-defense training accessible to a wider range of women but also had lifesaving implications for some women.
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First Known Use of lifesaving
1598
Definition of lifesaving
: the skill or practice of saving or protecting the lives especially of drowning persons
Examples of lifesaving in a Sentence
All lifeguards are trained in lifesaving.
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There’s no doubt that CPR is a lifesaving procedure in many situations.
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Officers Daniel Holl, Jacob Jacobi and Mark Garcia were honored with lifesaving awards.
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Those critically injured by the bombardments were not part of the deal, even though at least 1,000 are in need of lifesaving care, according to the United Nations.
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There is little sign that the opioid epidemic is slowing down, and emergency rooms across the country are bracing for another night of frantic lifesaving efforts to keep the victims alive.
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The government routinely removes lifesaving medical supplies from aid convoys, in a pattern of denying such aid to civilians living in opposition areas.
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Powell compared the role of a criminal defense attorney in a heinous case to that of a surgeon who provides a lifesaving procedure to a criminal with a bad background.
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As authorities and friends tried to cobble together the lifesaving operation, the GoFundMe page became a news ticker of sorts, updating Revol's efforts.
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For each bar sold, a lifesaving food packet is provided to a child in need.
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First Known Use of lifesaving
1861
LIFESAVING Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of lifesaving for English Language Learners
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: designed for or used in saving people's lives
lifesaving
Definition of lifesaving for English Language Learners
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: the skills needed to save the lives of people who are drowning
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of lifesaving
: designed for or used in saving lives
- lifesaving drugs
medical Definition of lifesaving
: the skill or practice of saving or protecting the lives especially of drowning persons
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