Equipment
Equipment noun - Items needed for the performance of a task or activity.
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Life support and equipment are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Life support" with "Equipment", this terms are similar.
Life support
Life support noun - Medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive.
Usage example: the patient is on life support
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Synonyms for Life support
Equipment and life support are semantically related. You can use "Equipment" instead a noun phrase "Life support".
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- Lampshaded in The Matrix: The rebel humans are dependent on (presumably nonsentient) machines that power their life support and equipment; if their enemies were to find the rebel humans' vehicles and bases, or gain control of them, they could defeat the rebellion quickly.
Source: Amulet of Dependency -
Major Maxim is an imposingly-sized field commander clad head-to-toe in black life support/augmentation equipment serving a decrepit old puppetmaster in charge of an evil empire, rather like Darth Vader.
Source: Comic Book / Danger Girl -
He looks around and turns out the light just before going out the door, which turns out all the electricity in the entire hospital, causing a big panic as all the life support and vital equipment stopped working.
Source: Stock Sitcom Grand Finale
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