Breath of Life and Outsiders or Half-Constructs

[KnowItAllDM]

Outsiders and Half-constructs cannot be raised or resurrected.
The Breath of Life states that the creature affected by it "comes back to life" but never states "raised" or "resurrected". The question is this: Can Breath of Life bring back a recently slain Outsider or Half-construct?

[Lifat]

I don't know how healing a half-construct with positive energy works, but if they can be healed by that, then I know for a fact that the original intention is that the spell brings them back before they die, which means that by original intent, it should work. RAW? I don't think it works.

[Kazaan]

English is a fluid language. "Comes back to life" and "raised" or "resurrected" effectively means the same thing. The spell doesn't affect the target "before it dies", it works in the short time between death and the soul leaving the body. For Outsiders, this phenomenon explicitly does not happen; there is no soul leaving the body for them because their body IS their soul and vice versa. With half-Constructs, it's a bit more wishy washy, but the same principal applies; they are dead and can't be "raised" by the normal methods; they must be brought back with a Wish or Miracle.