Usually means: Critical situation determining survival outcome.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word life-or-death:

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  1. life-or-death: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. life-or-death: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. life-or-death: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. life-or-death, life-or-death: Collins English Dictionary
  5. life-or-death: Vocabulary.com
  6. life-or-death: Wiktionary
  7. life-or-death: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. life-or-death: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. life-or-death: Dictionary.com
  10. life-or-death: Rhymezone
  11. life-or-death: Free Dictionary
  12. life-or-death: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. life-or-death: Dictionary/thesaurus

Definitions from Wiktionary (life-or-death)

adjective:  Of critical importance to the survival of a living organism.
adjective:  Having death as a possible or even likely outcome; perilous.
adjective:  Of critical importance to the success of a particular endeavor.

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