life-threatening
Adjective

life-threatening

  1. Endangering the continued life of the subject.
    • The life-threatening illness caused him to be rushed to the hospital, where doctors worked around the clock to save his life.
    • 2013, Nicholas Watt and Nick Hopkins, Afghanistan bomb: UK to 'look carefully' at use of vehicles (in The Guardian, 1 May 2013)
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