save a life

: to deliver from sin

: to rescue or deliver from danger or harm

: to preserve or guard from injury, destruction, or loss

: a play that prevents an opponent from scoring or winning

: the action of a relief pitcher in baseball in successfully protecting a team's lead

: other than : but, except

: except for the fact that : only

: but, except

: the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body

: a principle or force that is considered to underlie the distinctive quality of animate beings

: an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism (see metabolism 1), growth, reaction to stimuli, and reproduction

: of or relating to animate being

: lifelong

: using a living model