Can we provide the means and technical expertise to help peoples avoid the need to destroy systems which may be their only lifeline?

For most prisoners this is their only lifeline to the outside world.

Aenea clung to my left arm as if it was her only lifeline.

His role in the community was important because he was the only lifeline to the outside world.

Your aunt hangs on to her now as if she were her only lifeline.

Very funny - unless trade and foreign investment are your only lifelines out of poverty.

Our only lifeline really is a school that recently became an academy because it has plans to expand.

The only lifeline which then remains is a supplementary and amending budget later on in the year.

Analysts said a string of hot products was Apple's only potential lifeline.

And for a lot of people, we're the only lifeline they've got.