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. Engelbert Humperdinck:

   Our 8pm prayer( West Coast time) is not just personal, as it goes out to all those who are suffering from the pandemic and other life threatening diseases.

2. Robert Goldberg:

   COVID is real. It’s life-threatening, people of all ages are dying. We need to work together. We need to get through this together.

3. Commander Efren Lopez:

   We have accomplished a great feat. Over the last two years we have rescued 23 crew members, four of which were stuck inside the engine compartment for over 30 hours, none sustaining life-threatening injuries. Now we have completed the largest wreck removal in Commander Efren Lopez history.

4. Richard Oram:

   If you get this wrong, if you label someone who actually has type 2 diabetes as type 1 they'll be left on insulin for the rest of their life when they don't need it. Even worse, if someone with type 1 diabetes is mislabelled as having type 2 diabetes then they may not be treated with the insulin they need and they may suffer life threatening complications.

5. 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.