英和和英

to shorten one's life―shorten one's days―shorten one's natural term of existence―drive a nail in one's coffin

the act of prolonging one's life

One life is shortened

to prolong one's life―lengthen one's days―add to one's natural term of existence―take a new lease of life

the condition of taking or assuming a new lease on life and thus being able to expand one's life span

the rest of one's life

One takes a new lease of life.

period of time (period of life span)

the condition or quality of having a short life

to exhaust a life-span

the degree to which life is short

average life span

one's tenure of life

being short-lived

a creature's life span given by God

Such strain―Such violence―will shorten the natural term of your existence.

a short life

the act of removing diseased tissue and prolonging a person's lifespan

I had an experience likely to shorten my natural term of existence.

human life-span

I had an experience likely to shorten my natural term of existence.

in Japanese culture, a life-span given by Providence

to be long-lived―short-lived

Such an experience would shorten one's natural term of existence.

the average life span

average length of life

Care shortens life

to shorten one's natural term of existence by ten years

It's on its last legs.

You are driving a nail in your coffin―adding a nail to your coffin―burning the candle at both ends.