Synonyms for life-and-death
life-and-death

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1. life-and-death, life-or-deathadjective

   vitally important

   "a life-and-death struggle"

   Synonyms:
   life-or-death

   Antonyms:
   noncrucial

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1. Didarul Sarder:

   I hope she makes it, maybe those few seconds before the police arrived could be the difference between life and death.

2. Jean de la Bruyere:

   There are three great events in our lives: birth, life and death. Of birth we have no conscience; with death, we suffer; and, concerning life, we forget to live it.

3. Courtesy Victoria Nyanjura:

   When you walk through the bushes, your footprint can be seen, but the rains washed it away for us. It was between life and death, and I knew if the LRA followed us, we would be killed or beaten.

4. Denis Pereira Gray:

   Patients have long known that it matters which doctor they see and how well they can communicate with them, until now, arranging for patients to see the doctor of their choice has been considered a matter of convenience or courtesy ; now, it is clear it is about the quality of medical practice and is literally' a matter of life and death.'.

5. Bill Shankly:

   Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.