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Definition of
life-saving adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
life-saving
(
also
lifesaving
adjective
)
[
usually before noun
]
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that is going to save someone's life
a life-saving heart operation
See
life-saving
in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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