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synonyms for life and death
- great
- notable
- preeminent
- big
- crucial
- vital
- significant
- radical
- serious
- main
- principal
- star
- top
- heavyweight
- chief
- grave
- critical
- dangerous
- grievous
- influential
- meaningful
- outstanding
- stellar
- weighty
- major-league
- overshadowing
- acute
- insistent
- crucial
- demanding
- compelling
- vital
- imperative
- immediate
- dire
- serious
- critical
- distressing
- instant
- burning
- requiring
- exacting
- crying
- obliging
- clamant
- clamorous
- exigent
- importunate
- life-and-death
- claiming
- constraining
- forcing
- heat-on
- high-priority
- hurry-up
- necessary
- crucial
- indispensable
- persuasive
- pressing
- vital
- immediate
- compelling
- important
- imperative
- critical
- demanding
- serious
- essential
- weighty
- burning
- capital
- chief
- clamant
- clamorous
- crying
- driving
- exigent
- foremost
- heavy
- importunate
- insistent
- instant
- leading
- momentous
- paramount
- primary
- principal
- required
- salient
- touchy
- wanted
- called-for
- demanded
- hurry-up
- impelling
- top-priority
- touch and go
- earnest
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- big
- big deal
- considerable
- critical
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- forcible
- grave
- heavy
- material
- no-nonsense
- sedate
- severe
- staid
- heavyweight
- underlined
- heavy
- acute
- major
- threatening
- pressing
- killing
- fell
- consequential
- critical
- deadly
- destructive
- dire
- exigent
- fatal
- grievous
- hazardous
- important
- life-and-death
- momentous
- ominous
- perilous
- serious
- severe
- significant
- ugly
- urgent
- vital
- weighty
- afflictive
- of great consequence
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How to use life and death in a sentence
This is the place where the Muscovite criminals are banished to, if they are not put to death.
THE LIFE AND MOST SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER (1801)DANIEL DEFOENow, it immediately occurred to Davy that he had never in his whole life had all the plums he wanted at any one time.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLDean Swift was indeed a misanthrope by theory, however he may have made exception to private life.
GULLIVER'S TRAVELSJONATHAN SWIFTWe shall recover again some or all of the steadfastness and dignity of the old religious life.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLSIt is the dramatic impulse of childhood endeavouring to bring life into the dulness of the serious hours.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYWoman is mistress of the art of completely embittering the life of the person on whom she depends.
PEARLS OF THOUGHTMATURIN M. BALLOUElyon is the name of an ancient Phœnician god, slain by his son El, no doubt the “first-born of death” in Job xviii.
SOLOMON AND SOLOMONIC LITERATUREMONCURE DANIEL CONWAYThus was the man left entirely to the devil, not even his life being reserved, as in the case of Job.
SOLOMON AND SOLOMONIC LITERATUREMONCURE DANIEL CONWAYAnd as she hesitated between obedience to one and duty toward the other, her life, her love and future was in the balance.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXYour sacrifice shall be the agony of agonies, the death of deaths, and yet you'll find yourself unable to resist.
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANUSYNONYM OF THE DAY
SEPTEMBER 18, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO LIFE AND DEATH
- burning
- called-for
- capital
- chief
- clamant
- clamorous
- compelling
- critical
- crucial
- crying
- demanded
- demanding
- driving
- essential
- exigent
- foremost
- heavy
- hurry-up
- immediate
- impelling
- imperative
- important
- importunate
- indispensable
- insistent
- instant
- leading
- life and death
- momentous
- necessary
- paramount
- persuasive
- pressing
- primary
- principal
- required
- salient
- serious
- top-priority
- touch and go
- touchy
- vital
- wanted
- weighty
- burning
- called-for
- capital
- chief
- clamant
- clamorous
- compelling
- critical
- crucial
- crying
- demanded
- demanding
- driving
- essential
- exigent
- foremost
- heavy
- hurry-up
- immediate
- impelling
- imperative
- important
- importunate
- indispensable
- insistent
- instant
- leading
- life and death
- momentous
- necessary
- paramount
- persuasive
- pressing
- primary
- principal
- required
- salient
- serious
- top-priority
- touch and go
- touchy
- vital
- wanted
- weighty
- burning
- called-for
- capital
- chief
- clamant
- clamorous
- compelling
- critical
- crucial
- crying
- demanded
- demanding
- driving
- essential
- exigent
- foremost
- heavy
- hurry-up
- immediate
- impelling
- imperative
- important
- importunate
- indispensable
- insistent
- instant
- leading
- life and death
- momentous
- necessary
- paramount
- persuasive
- pressing
- primary
- principal
- required
- salient
- serious
- top-priority
- touch and go
- touchy
- vital
- wanted
- weighty
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.