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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The story may have depended on the horror of juxtaposing kids’ games with life-and-death consequences to convey how being in debt can be a living hell.
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025
But North Carolina doesn’t require specific training for its county emergency managers, who are tasked with enormous life-and-death decisions.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 19 May 2025
We're also quickly swept up in a trio of life-and-death cases, each with their own accompanying baggage.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 May 2025
The life-and-death stakes series starred Zoe Cipres, The White Lotus‘s Kekoa Kekumano, Arielle Kebbel, Robbie Magasiva, Adam Demos and Alex Aiono.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2025
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025
But North Carolina doesn’t require specific training for its county emergency managers, who are tasked with enormous life-and-death decisions.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 19 May 2025
We're also quickly swept up in a trio of life-and-death cases, each with their own accompanying baggage.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 May 2025
The life-and-death stakes series starred Zoe Cipres, The White Lotus‘s Kekoa Kekumano, Arielle Kebbel, Robbie Magasiva, Adam Demos and Alex Aiono.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for life-and-death
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“Life-and-death.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life-and-death. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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