I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a life-saving operation
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The child underwent a life-saving operation to remove a blockage in her stomach.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
operation
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And the first indications were that his potential life-saving operation went well.
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Despite the relatively primitive surroundings, the team is delighted to have somewhere warm and dry to perform life-saving operations .
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Rhys was to receive the potentially life-saving operation at the unit before its closure.
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It involved another Down's baby, a girl called Alexandra, who required a life-saving operation to remove an intestinal obstruction.
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The 59-year-old star needed two life-saving operation to remove blood clots and was left in a deep coma after brain surgery.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a life-saving operation
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And the first indications were that his potential life-saving operation went well.
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But a craft that size would carry alternative life-saving equipment.
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Critics maintain excessive regulation can stand in the way of business expansion and faster approval of life-saving drugs.
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Dramatic life-saving techniques, organ transplants and similar developments have popular appeal.
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For that he was awarded his first life-saving medal.
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It involved another Down's baby, a girl called Alexandra, who required a life-saving operation to remove an intestinal obstruction.
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Sometimes, cowboys use more heroic life-saving measures, lifting weak cattle into trucks so they can be hauled to greener pastures.
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The 59-year-old star needed two life-saving operation to remove blood clots and was left in a deep coma after brain surgery.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even those doctors who practise in areas remote from hospitals do relatively little life-saving .