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lifesaver
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
lifesaver
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The company's day care service has been a lifesaver for many parents.
▪ The seat belt is the biggest single lifesaver in cars.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Another lifesaver, BobWestcott, remained on duty at the station, but watched through his telescope.
▪ DeCicco calls the operation a lifesaver.
▪ He kicked off, towing his burden like a lifesaver.
▪ His benefits as the spouse of an airline employee would be a lifesaver.
▪ Surely such a conscientious accomplishment should prove a lifesaver for thousands of animals throughout the world.
▪ The camaraderie was a psychic lifesaver.
▪ This led into a couple of summers acting as a professional lifesaver during summer vacations from Sheffield University.
Wiktionary
lifesaver

n. Someone or something that saves lives.

WordNet
lifesaver

  1. n. an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents [syn: lifeguard]

  2. a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material [syn: life buoy, life belt, life ring]

Usage examples of "lifesaver".

Everyone at the table groaned and predicted dire results from the mix­ing of champagne and milk, but Sarah knew a lifesaver when she saw one, and she wasn’t about to turn it down.

He's clever and wonderful, he's been a lifesaver, a shoulder to cry on, Bob Cohn couldn't be nicer, but-gee whiz, Norm, did you really think of me as one of those old bags who screw boys?

Peterson popped a butter-rum Lifesaver into his mouth, savored it, and then said to Carrera, 'So it's decided.

Peterson finished his cognac and, incredibly, took a roll of butter-rum Lifesavers from his pocket.

You're not protected by limited liability like you are with a corporation, state regulations on these partnership forms you're wide open, the firm's liable means you're liable, insurance protection's like throwing your drowning sailor a lifesaver, a firm with two hundred lawyers at five or six thousand a head there's over a million in premiums right there.