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Life or death

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life threatening—
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mortalitynounThe state or quality of being mortal.
real lifenounLife outside of a contrived or fantastical environment; often used in comparison to events depicted in drama.
mission criticalA mission critical (also mission essential) factor of a system is any factor (component, equipment, personnel, process, procedure, software, etc.)
life supportnoun(medicine) The maintenance of vital functions of a critically ill or comatose person or a person undergoing surgery.
sudden deathnoun(sports, games) A period or mode of play in which the next player or team to score wins instantly; often in an extra period of time following a tie at the end of the regular period of play.
mortality rateMortality rate, or death rate, is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time.
lifesavingnounThe act of saving a life, especially from drowning.
survivalnounThe fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.
emergencynoun(sometimes attributive) A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
death tollnounThe number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident.
emergenciesnoun(sometimes attributive) A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
tempt fateverb(idiomatic) To take a risk.
death instinctnoun(psychoanalysis) Synonym of death drive.
heart attacknoun(cardiology, pathology) An acute myocardial infarction, sometimes fatal, caused by the sudden occurrence of coronary thrombosis, which obstructs the blood supply to the heart and leads to necrosis of heart muscle tissue.
seriousnessnounThe state or quality of being serious.
death ratenounThe number of deaths per given unit of population over a given period of time (usually per 1000 persons per year when not otherwise specified).
criticalExtremely important.
life spannounAlternative spelling of lifespan. [(biology) The length of time for which an organism lives.]

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