Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One that saves a life.
- n. See lifeguard.
- n. One that provides help in a crisis or emergency.
- n. A life preserver shaped like a ring.
Wiktionary
- n. Someone or something that saves lives.
- n. figuratively Someone or something that is very useful or helpful.
WordNet 3.0
Examples
“And she promised not to use the $25 billion approved for retooling plants as a short-term lifesaver for the industry.”
“The lifesaver is a qualified silver medal captain certified by Surf Life Saving”
“Her lifesaver has been the Center for Blistering Diseases, a small, little-known medical office in the Mission Hill section of Boston.”
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“But then the 'lifesaver' image would be a bit off.”
“A reader on the Electronics Blog says her battery-operated, portable LCD TV has been a "lifesaver" during emergencies and power outages.”
“He thought it was called a "lifesaver" for Christ's sake.lost. they fight Dark Crater with them.”
“PIFWJ has helped coordinate nine bone marrow drives since 2008 and says that through all of Jackie's efforts she's had one "lifesaver," a matched donor that goes through the entire process.”
“Tony Abbott praises 'lifesaver' truckdriver after close call on the roads IT was to have been just another routine day for a politician touring regional centres - lots of driving, lots of talking to locals and a compulsory treat of scones at the end.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lifesaver’.
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Life is rife .................
-ife- & -iferous : common and not-so-common words about life
fructiferous, ifere, glomuliferous, graniferous, guttiferales, lifen, manifest, nimbiferous, oviferous, roriferous, petaliferous, rangifer and 105 more...
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Paladin
heroic mot-i(c)ons
el cid, paladin, hero, pahlevan, lifesaver, dickens, bellerophon, abydos, ramachandra, arminius, saga, Arpad and 42 more...
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(Medical) Marijuana Strains
Names of various "medicinal" Cannabis strains, harvested from various sources.
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