life-saving operation
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflife-savingandoperation
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life-saving
adjective
uk/ˈlaɪfˌseɪ.vɪŋ/us/ˈlaɪfˌseɪ.vɪŋ/
done to prevent someone ...
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operation
noun
uk/ˌɒp.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɑː.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/
the fact of operating or ...
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First, there is need for thelife-savingoperation.
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It was presented as alife-savingoperationfor an important industry.
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What action will he take to ensure that thatlife-savingoperationis carried out as soon as possible?
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The problem was that it was completely impossible to have alife-savingoperationperformed on his child in that country.
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The nationalisation of the company was meant to be alife-savingoperation, but the management, the workers, the sub-contractors, and all concerned, are still struggling in the water.
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The goal is to ultimately earn enough "moolah" (in-game money) to pay for a mysteriouslife-savingoperation.
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He also insisted on performing alife-savingoperationon an alien child against the parents' wishes; under the alien's religion any surgery was a violation of their religious beliefs.
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Portmann's own admission that we willingly participate in life-saving operations and have our children circumcised (in some cultures), gives us reason to doubt his explanation.
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The assurance was that none should be closed at which life-saving operations were undertaken by the coastguard.
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Is she aware that children's lives are at risk there because lack of finance is jeopardising life-saving operations?
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He had been born with a heart defect called tricuspid atresia—a condition that had necessitated two life-saving operations when he was younger.
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So far this year, 2,517 people have received life-saving operations.
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The document also says that general life-saving operations in areas of fall-out might not be possible until days or even weeks after a nuclear strike.
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They were life-saving operations and home-saving operations, particularly when they were faced with disasters such as floods.
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That squadron has played an unbelievably distinguished role, taking part in many life-saving operations, often in the most hostile and difficult conditions, and they deserve great credit.
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There is no doubt that a central register will help hospitals and bring a great deal of new hope to the people waiting for life-saving operations.
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They took money that was to be used for other people's operations — in many cases life-saving operations — to get out of the heat of the kidney patients' problem.
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Occasionally in the past, patients in dependent territories, in need of life-saving operations that are unavailable in their countries, have been treated at our expense elsewhere.
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The cameras follow the patients as they undergo surgery and the doctors as they prepare for and follow through on the life-saving operations.
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