life-and-death
adjective
variants
or less commonly life-or-death
: involving or culminating in life or death : vitally important as if involving life or death
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As time starts running out, emotions intensify, resulting in a love triangle with life-and-death stakes.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
Look how Miami looked at home: Three turnovers, 206 rushing yards allowed and 34 points surrendered in a life-and-death battle against 2-2 Virginia Tech, whose two wins came against Marshall and Old Dominion (Its two losses were against Rutgers and Vanderbilt).
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 28 Sep. 2024
Drug discovery — that, of course, is very important, with life-and-death consequences.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
The townspeople’s friendships, romances, and enmities are tangible ways to understand what’s going on here, and their complex bonds help amplify the show’s life-and-death stakes.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
Look how Miami looked at home: Three turnovers, 206 rushing yards allowed and 34 points surrendered in a life-and-death battle against 2-2 Virginia Tech, whose two wins came against Marshall and Old Dominion (Its two losses were against Rutgers and Vanderbilt).
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 28 Sep. 2024
Drug discovery — that, of course, is very important, with life-and-death consequences.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
The townspeople’s friendships, romances, and enmities are tangible ways to understand what’s going on here, and their complex bonds help amplify the show’s life-and-death stakes.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Life-and-death.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life-and-death. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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