Life support

Synonyms for "life support" (14 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
life sustaining carelife-preservinglife-prolonging

Strong matches (4)

Noun(4 words)

Related words (7)

Noun(4 words)
lifesaving supportsafety netsurvival-supportingsustained life
Verb(3 words)
maintain lifesustain lifesustaining life

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

5 entries
biological supportequipmentmedicalmedical caresupport

More specific

11 entries
defibrillationdialysisdialysis machineemergency fundingfinancial bailoutheart-lung machinehydration therapynutritional supportoxygen therapyventilationventilator

Collocations

11 entries
artificial life supportdialysislife support systemlife-support devicelife-support equipmentlife-support measureslife-support statuslife-support systemmechanical ventilationmedical life supportoxygen therapy

Inflections

3 entries
life supportsmore life-supportingmost life-supporting

Derivations

3 entries
life support systemlife-supportlife-supporting

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The more immediate concern is the life support systems. Those units are fifty years old—a conservative estimate. If the air scrubbers stop working, we die. If the pressure regulators stop working, we die. Artificial gravity fails? We die. You get the picture.

Source: wiktionary

As we've seen, Belarus is a Soviet time capsule that continues only because Russia is keeping it on life support.

Source: wiktionary

In a war of words that has broken out between Khan and Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps, the Mayor was accused of sending revenue-raising proposals to Shapps some three weeks late, giving him little choice but to extend negotiations. Khan countered this by alleging that 'unfair' conditions, such as raising council tax, are being attached to any new funding deal that would "punish Londoners" for the effect the pandemic has had on passenger numbers. He added: "These short-term deals are trapping TfL on life support rather than putting it on the path to long-term sustainability."

Source: wiktionary