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Meanings of life-saver in English

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A floating device designed to be thrown to a person in the water, to provide buoyancy, to prevent drowning.

      Usage of life-saver in English
      1
      It has been hailed by the publishing industry as a potential life-saver.
      The Irish Times
      2
      The volunteer life-saver was cheered by the passengers as he went over.
      And Judas Iscariot / Together with other evangelistic addresses
      3
      There is to be a wreck here; is there to be a life-saver?
      Graustark
      4
      Playcentre says a four-million-dollar government bail-out is a life-saver for the parent-led early childhood organisation.
      Radio NZ
      5
      An ocean-going merchant-ship: a life-saver to a poorer man.
      Shadows in Bronze
      6
      But to us, it represents the hero of the hour, a life-saver and manna from heaven.
      The Irish Times
      7
      The character of Wesley Crusher was a life-saver.
      Wired
      8
      To Little Sam it was probably a life-saver.
      Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 1: 1835-1866
      9
      The floral tea dress is a universal life-saver.
      The Irish Times
      10
      Whether it's deleting unneeded junk or freeing up some memory, this app has been a life-saver.
      The Irish Times
      11
      The simple act of sewing is proving a life-saver for a refugee family living in Palmerston North.
      Radio NZ
      12
      But if there were any such life-saver on the market we had no way of getting it.
      Land of the Burnt Thigh
      13
      On the West Coast, Greymouth Mayor Tony Kookshorn said a scheme could be a life-saver for the region.
      Radio NZ
      14
      The introduction of mandatory alcohol breathalysers in the cars of serious drink-drivers is being hailed as a life-saver.
      Radio NZ
      15
      Just then a life-saver came along.
      The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore
      16
      This has been my lockdown life-saver.
      News.com.au
      Life-saver through the time