Synonyms for life-threatening
life-threat·en·ing

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1. dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threateningadjective

   causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

   "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"

   Synonyms:
   severe, sober, serious, wicked, stark, unsafe, terrible, hard, spartan, stern, heavy, unplayful, weighty, monstrous, grave, good, grievous, atrocious, sedate, flagitious, dangerous, knockout, austere, heartbreaking, heartrending, solemn

   Antonyms:
   noncrucial, noncritical

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1. List of paraphrases for "life-threatening":

   fatal, deadly, lethal, mortal

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1. United Airlines:

   Our crew immediately consulted with a MedLink physician on the ground who provided guidance throughout the incident and assured our crew that it was not a life-threatening matter.

2. Joseph Clancy:

   At this time, our personnel have sustained what is described as serious, but non life threatening injuries. Please join us as we keep all the victims of this accident and their families in our thoughts and prayers.

3. Chief Rick Smith:

   All right now appear to have non-life-threatening injuries, thank God.

4. Ravindra Gupta:

   It is important to note that this curative treatment is high-risk, and only used as a last resort for patients with HIV who also have life-threatening haematological malignancies, therefore, this is not a treatment that would be offered widely to patients with HIV who are on successful antiretroviral treatment.

5. Jeff Fisher:

   Whether you’re a coach or you’re a father or you’re a family member, anytime something like that happens, it’s very, very difficult, the one thing that gave us hope last night was that we were able to get in touch with Sted at the hospital and there was a conversation that took place. So that gave us hope that he would pull through this and this was not life-threatening.