adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a life-threatening condition (= that may cause death )
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The surgery repaired a potentially life-threatening heart condition.
life-threatening (= likely to cause death )
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Doctors say that his illness isn’t life-threatening.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
disease
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Anxiety about life-threatening diseases , dead-end jobs and diminishing funds.
illness
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Its role in alleviating the pain and distress of non life-threatening illness is ignored.
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A life-threatening illness policy has the widest application and is useful for non-AIDS-related purposes.
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When you live alone it is very easy to magnify every little ache and pain into a life-threatening illness .
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Instead, the Bank chose to reaffirm its approach to life-threatening illness in general.
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The focus of these policies is life-threatening illness in general.
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The boy, facing life-threatening illness , dreamed of taking a life.
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Many other examples of life-threatening illness policies can be found.
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The girl, facing life-threatening illness , chose to save one.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anxiety about life-threatening diseases, dead-end jobs and diminishing funds.
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If the infection is unchecked, peritonitis may follow and gonorrhoea becomes a life-threatening emergency.
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Initially, therefore, it is necessary to concentrate on the primary substance or process of addiction because this may be life-threatening .
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Its role in alleviating the pain and distress of non life-threatening illness is ignored.
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Slipping and injuring yourself in the bath is not only painful but life-threatening .
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The most critical is a life-threatening weakness in the aorta -- the major blood vessel from the heart.
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Whether they are driving too fast or drinking and driving or using life-threatening drugs, teenagers frequently engage in risk-taking behavior.