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life·blood

   [lahyf-bluhd]
noun
1.
the blood, considered as essential to maintain life: to spill one's lifeblood in war.
2.
a life-giving, vital, or animating element: Agriculture is the lifeblood of the country.
Origin:
1580–90; life + blood
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lifeblood (ˈlaɪfˌblʌd)
 
—n
1.  the blood, considered as vital to sustain life
2.  the essential or animating force

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lifeblood
1580s, "blood necessary for life," from life + blood. Figurative and transferred use is from 1590s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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