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life-threatening

adjective as in very dangerous

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Pfizer said it would sell the vast majority of its primary-care treatments at reduced prices, and some select “specialty” drugs, which tend to be more expensive and used to treat life-threatening or chronic diseases.

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While it is not expected to make landfall in the U.S., its effects are far-reaching, with life-threatening rip currents and surf along much of the East Coast that makes swimming dangerous.

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Judge Astrit Kalaja died en route to hospital, officials said, while two others involved in the hearing over a property dispute - a father and son - were shot but sustained injuries that were not life-threatening.

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Staff flagged his condition as potentially life-threatening and last week escorted him to the facility’s medical center in a wheelchair, the newspaper reported.

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By 13:02, people were urged to only attend A&E units in Greater Manchester if their condition was life-threatening.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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