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Definition of Life-threatening
1. Adjective. Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm. "A life-threatening disease"
Similar to: Critical
Derivative terms: Dangerousness, Seriousness, Severeness
Definition of Life-threatening
1. Adjective. Used to describe something that endangers the continued life of the subject. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Life-threatening
Literary usage of Life-threatening
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A License to Kill: Israeli Operations Against "Wanted" and Masked Palestinians by Human Rights Watch (Organization, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1993)
"Virtually all situations in which a soldier is at immediate risk of being hit by
gunfire or a molotov cocktail can be regarded as life- threatening and ..."
2. Developing a National Registry of Pharmacologic And Biologic Clinical Trials by Hsp, Institute of Medicine (U.S.), Committee on Clinical Trial Registries (2006)
"FDA has defined serious and life-threatening diseases and conditions in previous
documents. Most recently, FDA discussed issues related to products intended ..."
3. Assessment and Treatment of Patients With Coexisting Mental Illness and by Richard Ries (1996)
"Assessment of High-Risk Conditions The initial step of every assessment is to
determine whether the individual has an imminent life- threatening condition. ..."
4. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of Change (1992)
"If the situation is potentially life threatening, the best immediate decision
... 14 - In a diver with a life-threatening symptom, the first decision is how ..."
5. Child Neglect: A Guide for Intervention by James M. Jr. Gaudin (1995)
"The provision of such treatment would merely prolong dying, be ineffective in
correcting the life-threatening condition, orbe futile in terms of the ..."
6. Opportunity 2000: Creative Affirmative Action Strategies for a Changing (1988)
"You don't extend to anyone with a life-threatening illness any more rights than
... However, Bank of America affirms that employees with life- threatening ..."
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