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kiss of life

NOUN
artificial respiration
Synonyms
WEAK
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation mouth-to-nose resuscitation
NOUN
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
Synonyms
WEAK
artificial respiration

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With prayers, songs and devotion, they’ll give the cathedral the kiss of life and celebration to nudge aside the pain the April 15, 2019, blaze inflicted on French hearts and Catholic faithful around the world.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023

The change has come from the kiss of life given to England's Test cricket by captain Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2023

And just as the gig seems to have flat-lined, the spectacular Siouxsie gives it the kiss of life with an exuberant encore of Walking on Thin Ice.

From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2013

Police tried to resuscitate people with CPR and the kiss of life inside the tunnel.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2010

The passing wind no longer gives you the kiss of life, the benediction on all that lives and breathes; it buffets you and makes you stagger.

From The Confession of a Child of the Century by Warren, Kendall