Synonyms for life-support
life-sup·port

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1. life-support system, life supportnoun

   equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions

   "the astronauts relied on their life-support systems"

   Synonyms:
   life-support system, life support

2. life-support system, life supportadjective

   medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive

   "the patient is on life support"

   Synonyms:
   life-support system, life support

3. life-supportadjective

   of or pertaining to equipment or methods used to sustain life

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

   life-supporting, life-sustaining, survival

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1. Pablo Rossini:

   Were waiting for the right moment to put him through another surgery, hes depending on life support that hes receiving in intensive care.

2. Alyssa Milano:

   Uncle Mitch is still in and out of consciousness. Uncle Mitch's on life support, my brother went there yesterday and played him some oldies, and his whole body started moving. So, he really loved that. The nurses at the UCLA Medical Center and the doctors are taking such incredible care of Uncle Uncle Mitch, but Uncle Mitch's got a long road ahead of Uncle Mitch.

3. Nick Clegg:

   I would never recommend to the Liberal Democrats that we help establish a government which is basically on a life support system, where Alex Salmond could pull the plug any time he wants.

4. Jim Carafano:

   The problem is, when you buy oil from Venezuela, essentially what you're doing is you're putting dollars in to prop up the economy and more entrench the Maduro regime, and at the same time, the only reason why this regime is existing at all, is on life support, is because of support from the Chinese, the Russians and the Cubans. So you have really the most detestable regime in Latin America that’s basically subsisting on these external actors.

5. Duyeon Kim:

   Juche is truly being tested for the first time because the pandemic has forced North Korea into self isolation, when until now, it has been able to rely on China as a life support even during the harshest of economic times.