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- adjective uncommon Alternative form of
life-saving . - noun The act of
saving alife , especially from drowning.
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Examples
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Drug advocates accused critics of Prozac of taking away a "lifesaving" treatment from depressed patients.
Dr. Peter Breggin: FDA Warns that Paxil Makes Depressed Adults Suicidal 2008
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It was hoping to send a small replacement team to the town to continue what it called its "lifesaving" work there.
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And that's the kind of lifesaving potential it has, Carol.
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A professional league in basketball will also be revived later this year whilst other codes such as lifesaving has now been fully unified and a Transformation Monitoring Committee is in place to ensure progress in this regard.
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The authors concluded, "… active biological treatments, such as ECT, may not be deemed as 'lifesaving' now as in the past."
Home [Your Name Here] 2010
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Pricing antiretroviral drugs and other "lifesaving" medications based on a country's gross national ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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The authors concluded, "… active biological treatments, such as ECT, may not be deemed as 'lifesaving' now as in the past."
Home [Your Name Here] 2010
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The authors concluded, "… active biological treatments, such as ECT, may not be deemed as 'lifesaving' now as in the past."
Home [Your Name Here] 2010
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The authors concluded, "… active biological treatments, such as ECT, may not be deemed as 'lifesaving' now as in the past."
Home [Your Name Here] 2010
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In 2007, he told CBS News that the CIA's harsh interrogation program, which included waterboarding on at least three prisoners, produced "lifesaving" intelligence. perhaps the Presidency has been weakened far too much and maybe some of those Bush Administration interrogation procedures aren't that bad and should be kept around by Team Obama.
RedState 2009
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