Life-threatening
Life-threatening adjective - Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm.
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Synonyms for Life-threatening
Terrible and life-threatening are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Terrible" instead an adjective phrase "Life-threatening".
Terrible
Terrible adjective - Causing fear.
Life-threatening and terrible are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Life-threatening" instead an adjective "Terrible".
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Related pairs
- disturbing and life-threatening
- disturbing and terrible
- violent and life-threatening
- violent and terrible
- severe and life-threatening
- severe and terrible
- grave and life-threatening
- grave and terrible
- extreme and life-threatening
- extreme and terrible
- intense and life-threatening
- intense and terrible
- grievous and life-threatening
- grievous and terrible
Both words in one sentence
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The nurse in Xenogears is constantly telling you that she hopes you come back with terrible, life-threatening injuries so she'll have something to do.
Source: Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant - This Is Your Brain on Evil: During the Dark Keyblade arc of The Heroes of Time, Top Cat comes down with life-threatening spasms, and Huck also undergoes terrible headaches that prevents either of them from fighting.
Source: Tropers / Iheartgod 175 -
He utterly ignores not only the very immediate and life-threatening problems facing the crew in favor of the rules, but also completely ignores the fact that his host body is in terrible shape the first time around.
Source: The Neidermeyer
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