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lifesaver Definition

life·saver (-sāv′ər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that saves people from drowning, as a lifeguard
  2. Informal a person or thing that gives aid in time of need

lifesaver Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • become: Blood donors can also add their name to the NBS's own Bone Marrow Register - and become a lifesaver twice over this holiday.
  • prove: But in any subsequent wave it could prove a lifesaver.
  • help: Cash boost helps lifesavers at The Royal London Hospital.

Adjective modifier

  • real: And then there is the campus shop - a real lifesaver for daily food and household essentials.
  • potential: If Banjo brings her enough Hollow Honeycombs, this potential lifesaver will work her magic on that all-important health bar.
  • absolute: For a JS newbie the ability to do that is an absolute lifesaver.
  • major: Scaled up over northern Europe, mild winters are evidently a major lifesaver, but this is conveniently ignored too.
  • little: This little lifesaver will have the creative juices flowing in no time.

Modifies a noun

course: Module One: This ITC course is a lifesaver course, giving participants basic lifesaving emergency technique.

Noun used with modifier

  • combat: All combat units and some CS and CSS units have combat lifesavers.
  • surf: He had a lean athletic body, like a surf lifesaver, but without the suntan.

Possessives

glance: Before changing course you should also use the ' lifesaver ' glance.

Preposition: for

anyone: This product is yet another lifesaver for anyone who is continually on the road with his or her computer.

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