lifesaving
- noun
- /ˈlaɪfˌseɪvɪŋ/
- Back at school in NZ, we had to do lifesaving.
- lifesaving drugs
- lifesaving treatment
- lifesaving surgery
Examples
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"It's an important step forward in connecting people to the lifesaving care they need.
Blog text (16) -
I knew that lifesaving class would come in handy.
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In fact, I already consider myself to be in the lifesaving business.
Fiction book (1992) -
"The following lifesaving measures must be observed.
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We have ten beds here for patients in need of lifesaving.
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Medical innovation is key to providing cutting-edge, lifesaving technologies to patients.
Blog text (7) -
On the U.S. side of the border, several U.S. activist groups continue their humanitarian work in the Arizona desert, providing water and lifesaving medical attention to border crossers.
Academic text (2012) -
LUCKY I TOOK THAT LIFESAVING CLASS AT THE YWCA.
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Hofmann set one of his young students, William Henry Perkin, to the task of transforming sludgy coal tar into lifesaving medicine.
Academic text (2010) -
Lifeguards are trained in lifesaving techniques to help rescue people from drowning.
Synonyms
Protecting people or things from danger
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lifesaving is made of the two simple words life ('life') and saving ('to save' or 'keep alive'), so as a noun it means the skill or practice of saving people from danger, especially from drowning.