life-or-death

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life-or-death Meaning of "life-or-death"

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Definition(s):

  • (adj) vitally important

Usage(s):

  1. But these misconceptions are especially dangerous when they're held by police, who are often forced to make split-second, life-or-death decisions about mentally ill suspects.
  2. There are clear parallels with the Colorado incident: merciless gunfire, the black trench coat, the life-or-death question.
  3. After the life-or-death marketing of Apocalypse Now and One from the Heart, it is refreshing to come upon a Coppola film that is, bless it, only a movie.
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