life-or-death
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6.7
- adjective
- /ˈlaɪf ɔr dɛθ/
:
de vida o muerte
- In fact, they see it as a matter of life or death.
- a life-or-death matter
These tools help us in real time life or death situations.
- These tools help us in real time life or death situations.
- Sometimes a game has stakes that are life or death, but they're still a game.
- You either create leverage or it is a life or death situation.
- And the majority of the fears that we have are not life or death fears.
- But I mean, I mean, the ultimate choice is always life or death, right?
- Like creating a situation where it feels like life or death.
- Sometimes, believe it or not, people laugh in the face of a life or death situation.
- Yeah, but sports are a good example of things that like feel life or death, but we know they aren't, right.
- And the family brings me in and I'm sitting with them and it's life or death.
- So we don't like jump off cliffs and die, like we have that fight or flight, life or death reflex.
- So it's so you, you have to make extremely difficult life or death decisions with not nearly enough information.
- Any life, any life or death moments, There was one.
Examples
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The doctor stressed that the treatment was life-or-death for the patient.
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I was 37 years old, ten weeks pregnant, and suddenly faced with an unexpected life-or-death decision.
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So it's so you, you have to make extremely difficult life or death decisions with not nearly enough information.
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This is a matter of life or death.
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It's a matter of life or death.
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Like Steven, this is a life or death situation.
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Do we really want these guys making life-or-death decisions for the American people?
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I'm telling you, it's a life-or-death situation.
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This is a life-or-death surgical operation, you know?
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But it was a life-or-death situation for a JTAC operator in the field.
Synonyms
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4.6
A very serious situation where someone may not survive
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6.1
Involving a very serious risk to life or survival
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7.2
Willing to do anything to succeed when the situation is urgent
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Etymology
Life-or-death is a plain phrase made of life, or, and death, literally meaning 'living' or 'dying'. That's why a life-or-death situation means something is extremely important and could decide if someone lives or dies.