lifesaver

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Block selection may not be used that frequently but when it is, it's a lifesaver.

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Someone or something that saves lives.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

Someone or something that saves lives.

noun

A lifeguard or other rescuer.

noun

A life buoy.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for lifesaver.

noun

Someone or something that saves lives.

noun

A lifeguard or other rescuer.

noun

A life buoy.

noun

Any lifesaving tool or item of supplies.

Example sentences

Block selection may not be used that frequently but when it is, it's a lifesaver.

The presentation account is a lifesaver for looking some level of professional.

I don't know the extent of the drama, but I have used FFMpeg a decent amount and it's been a lifesaver.

It's a lifesaver for companies that use wikis and do math.

Internally at Amazon, Pipelines (which inspired this service) was a lifesaver.

I've been writing regexes to scrape some data recently and it has been a lifesaver.

The SMS notifications are a pro-hack, lifesaver, and overlooked feature.

AllChars on a Windows laptop is a total lifesaver!

Android has been a lifesaver for Google.

It was a lifesaver when I made the switch over to browserify for my large game-codebase and found out I had a nightmarish dependency graph with a huge amount of cycles in it.

(I'm looking at you, Singapore and Tokyo.) When traveling with young kids, meaning you need a kitchen, a washing machine and more space than the average Japanese business hotel, Airbnb has been a lifesaver.