Synonyms for lifeline
ˈlaɪfˌlaɪnlife·line

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1. line of life, life line, lifelinenoun

   a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live

   Synonyms:
   life line, line of life

2. lifelinenoun

   support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection)

   "the airlift provided a lifeline for Berlin"; "she offered me a lifeline in my time of grief"

   Synonyms:
   life line, line of life

3. lifelinenoun

   line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver

   Synonyms:
   life line, line of life

4. lifelinenoun

   line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning

   Synonyms:
   life line, line of life

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1. • Line
   • Support
   • Wrinkle

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1. List of paraphrases for "lifeline":

   lifeblood, lifebelt, lifebuoy, buoy, life-blood, survival, joker

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How to use lifeline in a sentence?

1. Tina Garcia:

   We were not going to hang up this phone on the young lady, as far as I was concerned, the people in that room -- we were the only lifeline.

2. Nassib Ghobril:

   Obviously Lebanon needs to repair its relationship with the Gulf Cooperation Council - it's a lifeline of our economy.

3. Defence Minister Taro Kono:

   Ninety percent of our oil travels through those waters and so it's a lifeline for the Japanese economy.

4. Ian Madin:

   The most important thing is to strengthen or replace infrastructure to make sure that our lifeline systems like power and water will not be so severely damaged that they require years to repair. We also need to strengthen or replace critical facilities like hospitals, fire and police facilities and schools.

5. Greenberg Traurig:

   The question is, 'How long do the banks keep the heart beating?' it's not an unlimited lifeline.