life-sustaining

adjective

: helping someone or something to stay alive : supporting or extending life

life-sustaining medical treatment

The storm brought life-sustaining rain/water to the farms.

Examples of life-sustaining in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Future astronauts traveling to the moon may have easier access to life-sustaining water and extractable ice than previously thought, according to new research. —Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 7 Mar. 2025

For that reason, astronomers will use the mission to search in our own Milky Way galaxy for such life-sustaining ingredients within interstellar molecular clouds of gas where planets and stars form. —Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025

These cuts at this scale will have precisely the opposite effect, creating immediate instability, reducing system capacity and eviscerating essential, life-sustaining supports to Marylanders with IDD, placing them in grave danger. —Karen Lee, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2025

This satisfies the id-in-chief while ensuring U.S. aid delivers life-sustaining support to tens of millions. —Sean P. Brooks, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for life-sustaining

• immunostaining
• abstaining
• attaining
• campaigning
• complaining
• constraining
• containing
• detaining
• disdaining
• entraining
• explaining
• maintaining