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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Designed to save life; especially, designed to save those who are in danger of drowning.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective That saves life, or is suited to save life, esp. from drowning

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun saving the lives of drowning persons

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