Escape
Lifeline
Lifeline noun - Line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning.
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Synonyms for Lifeline
Escape and lifeline are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Escape" instead a noun "Lifeline".
Nearby Word: life
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- Lifeline is an apolitical escape line, funneling resistors and downed Allied airmen out of occupied Europe.
Source: La Resistance / Live-Action TV - In cases where the character does have either a Limited Social Circle or only one friend, expect them to cling to any of their friends (including pets/plants/inanimate objects) like a lifeline in order to escape their feelings of desolation.
Source: Hates Being Alone
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