: the skill or practice of saving or protecting the lives especially of drowning persons
Examples of lifesaving in a Sentence
Noun
All lifeguards are trained in lifesaving.
Recent Examples on the Web
Alex W. Palmer, New York Times, 12 July 2023
Some rabbis, evangelical church leaders and imams have also worked to debunk misinformation about vaccines and endorse them as safe and lifesaving.
—Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2021
Other passengers have verbally abused and taunted flight attendants trying to enforce airline mask requirements, treating the potentially lifesaving act as a pandemic game of cat-and-mouse.
—Michael Laris, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Jan. 2021
As more public health officials have recommended face coverings, shortages in vital protective gear have turned ordinary citizens, fashion designers, and luxury brands into lifesaving mask-makers.
—Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 June 2020
Recent reporting by The Times reveals that the United States has only about 160,000 ventilators available — far fewer than what is needed to provide lifesaving treatments in the most critical cases.
—New York Times, 31 Mar. 2020
The order comes in response to a federal lawsuit filed in late March by two elderly Texas inmates who argued they were denied access to potentially lifesaving tools to combat the pandemic.
—Dave Boucher, Dallas News, 15 May 2020
Trump last month invoked the Defense Production Act to compel U.S. companies to make the lifesaving equipment, which is running in short supply in hot spots across the country.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, Washington Examiner, 6 Apr. 2020
The group started by providing people with Narcan, a lifesaving medication that can treat narcotic overdoses in emergency situations.
—NBC News, 6 Mar. 2020
Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 12 Apr. 2024
Deputies moved in and provided immediate lifesaving measures before medics took him in an ambulance to a hospital, Gandhi said.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024
Rodgers has received more than a dozen letters of commendation throughout his tenure at LMPD and as well as a distinguished lifesaving award in 2019, according to his personnel file.
—Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 25 Jan. 2024
Today, many diseases can be treated with modern medicine or prevented entirely, thanks to the development of myriad vaccines to help rid us of the risk of infection (though major inequalities still mean such lifesaving shots are not available to all).
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
Dozens of students gathered in Saratoga High School’s student center on Feb. 28 to participate in emergency lifesaving training.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
These updates aim to address disparities in prostate cancer outcomes among Black men, offering essential lifesaving screening recommendations.
—Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
Could Elizabeth, in turn, become his lifesaving signature?
—Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
The 15 doctors and nurses who remain are using a backup generator to power some of the lifesaving machinery.
—NBC News, 20 Feb. 2024
Adjective
Simulations are used to discover new lifesaving drugs, to model the future of climate change and to explore the behavior of colliding galaxies — as well as the physics of hypersonic missiles and nuclear explosions.
—Alex W. Palmer, New York Times, 12 July 2023
Some rabbis, evangelical church leaders and imams have also worked to debunk misinformation about vaccines and endorse them as safe and lifesaving.
—Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2021
Other passengers have verbally abused and taunted flight attendants trying to enforce airline mask requirements, treating the potentially lifesaving act as a pandemic game of cat-and-mouse.
—Michael Laris, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Jan. 2021
As more public health officials have recommended face coverings, shortages in vital protective gear have turned ordinary citizens, fashion designers, and luxury brands into lifesaving mask-makers.
—Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 June 2020
Recent reporting by The Times reveals that the United States has only about 160,000 ventilators available — far fewer than what is needed to provide lifesaving treatments in the most critical cases.
—New York Times, 31 Mar. 2020
The order comes in response to a federal lawsuit filed in late March by two elderly Texas inmates who argued they were denied access to potentially lifesaving tools to combat the pandemic.
—Dave Boucher, Dallas News, 15 May 2020
Trump last month invoked the Defense Production Act to compel U.S. companies to make the lifesaving equipment, which is running in short supply in hot spots across the country.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, Washington Examiner, 6 Apr. 2020
The group started by providing people with Narcan, a lifesaving medication that can treat narcotic overdoses in emergency situations.
—NBC News, 6 Mar. 2020
Noun
The release stated officers immediately tried to perform lifesaving measures until firefighters arrived.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 12 Apr. 2024
Deputies moved in and provided immediate lifesaving measures before medics took him in an ambulance to a hospital, Gandhi said.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024
Rodgers has received more than a dozen letters of commendation throughout his tenure at LMPD and as well as a distinguished lifesaving award in 2019, according to his personnel file.
—Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 25 Jan. 2024
Today, many diseases can be treated with modern medicine or prevented entirely, thanks to the development of myriad vaccines to help rid us of the risk of infection (though major inequalities still mean such lifesaving shots are not available to all).
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
Dozens of students gathered in Saratoga High School’s student center on Feb. 28 to participate in emergency lifesaving training.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
These updates aim to address disparities in prostate cancer outcomes among Black men, offering essential lifesaving screening recommendations.
—Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
Could Elizabeth, in turn, become his lifesaving signature?
—Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
The 15 doctors and nurses who remain are using a backup generator to power some of the lifesaving machinery.
—NBC News, 20 Feb. 2024
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“Lifesaving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lifesaving. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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lifesaving
1 of 2 adjective
life·sav·ing
ˈlīf-ˌsā-viŋ 
: designed for or used in saving lives
livesaving devices
lifesaving
2 of 2 noun
: the methods that can be used to save lives especially of drowning persons
Medical Definition
lifesaving
1 of 2 adjective
life·sav·ing
ˈlīf-ˌsā-viŋ
: designed for or used in saving lives
lifesaving drugs
lifesaving
2 of 2 noun
: the skill or practice of saving or protecting the lives especially of drowning persons
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