lifesuit
- noun
- /ˈlaɪfˌsuːt/
- Specialized
- The astronaut's lifesuit protected him from the harsh conditions of outer space.
- activate your lifesuit
- encased in a lifesuit
Examples
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When it was cut all the way through, Bartow and Haj activated their lifesuits in full armor mode.
Fiction book (2002) -
Quee Lee was encased in the lifesuit, a sudden panic taking hold of her.
Fiction book (1994) -
Quee Lee remained inside her lifesuit, just the two of them flying back to Port Beta.
Fiction book (1994) -
A lifesuit's energy field could have kept her warmer, but that was too removed from the experience.
Fiction book (2000) -
Clear of the pod now, she pressed her left middle finger into her palm and her lifesuit activated.
Fiction book (2002) -
Quee Lee knew enough about lifesuits to appreciate his circumstances.
Fiction book (1994) -
Then came a harsher movement, and her lifesuit activated, hardening against the buffeting her body was taking.
Fiction book (2002) -
"The scary thing, Ambassador, is that the spine didn't activate your lifesuit," Chanda said. "They're more advanced than we are in some ways."
Fiction book (2002) -
"Thank you, miss." The Remora walked slowly, almost clumsily, his lifesuit making a harsh grinding noise in the knees and hips.
Fiction book (1994) -
Even the captains were to don the lifesuits, stepping into the open when it was safest, patching craters with fresh-made hyperfibers.
Fiction book (1994)
How Protective
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lifesuit combines life and suit, and you can remember it like lifeboat or spacesuit. It literally means a 'suit' that protects someone's 'life', so it is a protective outfit used to help save a person in danger.