"life-or-death" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} life-or-death (not comparable)
  1. Of critical importance to the survival of a living organism. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-life-or-death-en-adj-HGaCGNnS Categories (other): English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 37 30 33
  2. Having death as a possible or even likely outcome; perilous. Tags: not-comparable Translations (Having death as a possible or even likely outcome; perilous): na śmierć i życie (Polish)
    Sense id: en-life-or-death-en-adj-UWzhXARR Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 37 30 33 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 65 15 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 20 64 16 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 70 13 Disambiguation of 'Having death as a possible or even likely outcome; perilous': 1 99 1
  3. Of critical importance to the success of a particular endeavor. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-life-or-death-en-adj-6kR5B5Ow Categories (other): English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 37 30 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: life-and-death, life or death Related terms: matter of life and death

Alternative forms

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