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life-critical

life-critical adjective: of a system: capable of causing death if it fails or malfunctions.

Adjective

life-critical (not comparable)

  1. Of a system: capable of causing death if it fails or malfunctions.

Questions about life-critical

What does life-critical mean?
Life-critical means of a system: capable of causing death if it fails or malfunctions.
What part of speech is life-critical?
Life-critical is an adjective.

Words near life-critical in the dictionary

  1. life-car
  2. life-care
  3. life-cars
  4. life-changing
  5. life-changingly
  6. life-critical
  7. life-cycle
  8. life-cycles
  9. life-dinner principle
  10. life-expired
  11. life-flight

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