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life-and-death

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Princeton's WordNet

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

    vitally important

    "a life-and-death struggle"

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  1. life-and-death

    Life-and-death refers to a situation, decision, issue or circumstance that is extremely serious or crucial, where failure to make the right decision or action can lead to severe consequences including the possibility of someone's death. It denotes a matter of utmost importance where the stakes are very high.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of life-and-death in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of life-and-death in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of life-and-death in a Sentence

  1. Buddha:

    Everything is changeable, everything appears and disappears there is no blissful peace until one passes beyond the agony of life and death.

  2. Marcel Ayme:

    Oh, how I love the Earth and everything in it, life and death. And men. One can think of nothing finer, or nicer, than men their wars, their concentration camps, their justice.

  3. Mayor Muriel Bowser:

    It has life and death implications, and (people) should treat it that way, people should hunker down, shelter in place and stay off the roads.

  4. Jason Boyd:

    On account of mail delays and other factors, many of these children have been left with approximately three weeks to submit applications with potentially life and death consequences.

  5. Gavin Newsom:

    President Joe Biden've seen the Covid cliff these folks have fallen off of. I hope President Joe Biden see where we are in the state of California, all of that is at risk if we don't vote' no.' ... The consequences couldn't be more pronounced, couldn't be more sharp. This is about life and death.


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