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What (who) is -saving - definition

ACT INVOLVING RESCUE, RESUSCITATION AND FIRST AID

Life saving; Life-saving

-saving

see save

life-saving

1.

A life-saving drug, operation, or action is one that saves someone's life or is likely to save their life.

...life-saving drugs such as antibiotics...

She decided her child should go to America for life-saving treatment.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

2.

You use life-saving to refer to the skills and activities connected with rescuing people, especially people who are drowning.

N-UNCOUNT

Life-saving

·adj That saves life, or is suited to save life, ·esp. from drowning; as, the life-saving service; a life-saving station.

Wikipedia

Lifesaving

Lifesaving is the act involving rescue, resuscitation and first aid. It often refers to water safety and aquatic rescue; however, it could include ice rescue, flood and river rescue, swimming pool rescue and other emergency medical services. Lifesaving also refers to sport where lifesavers compete based on skills, speed and teamwork. Lifesaving activities specialized in oceanic environment is called surf lifesaving or coastal lifesaving.

Those who participate in lifesaving activities as a volunteer are called lifesavers, and those who are employed to professionally perform lifesaving activities are called lifeguards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifesaving

Examples of use of -saving

1. That‘s not saving the planet –– it‘s saving you money.

2. "This saving is part of AGL‘s company–wide, cost saving programme previously disclosed to the market," it said.

3. Surprisingly perhaps, many of the highest saving economies were poor, while some of the lowest saving countries were rich.

4. Then we shifted the mission from saving ourselves from threat to saving Iraqis from Hussein and for democracy.

5. Here we have a man saving his own life at the same time saving those over others.