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life-or-death definition

life·-or-death (līf′ôr det̸h′)

adjective

  1. having death as a possible result a life-or-death struggle
  2. so extremely important as to be crucial a life-or-death decision

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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