Dictionarylife-and-deathPronunciation: (līf'un-deth'), [key] —adj. ending with the death or possible death of one of the participants; crucially important: The cobra was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the mongoose. Also,life-or-death. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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