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life-and-death  (lfn-dth) KEY  or life-or-death  (lfr-) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Involving or ending in life or death: a mongoose in a life-and-death battle with a cobra.
  2. Vitally important: a life-and-death struggle between union and management.



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