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Vital element
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lifeblood
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Word definitions for lifeblood in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lifeblood \Life"blood`\ (l[imac]f"bl[u^]d`), n. The blood necessary to life; vital blood. --Dryden. Fig.: That which gives strength and energy. Money [is] the lifeblood of the nation. --Swift.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 blood which is needed for continued life; blood regarded as the seat of life. 2 (context figuratively English) That which is required for continued existence or function. n. 1 blood which is needed for continued life; blood regarded as the seat of ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Lifeblood or Life blood can refer to blood , the bodily fluid in animals. It may also refer to: In entertainment : Life Blood (film) , a supernatural horror thriller film released in 2009 Lifeblood (album) , the seventh studio album by the Welsh alternative ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Advertising is the lifeblood of newspapers. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Donation by direct debit is now the lifeblood for most charities. ▪ Equipped with floats, these dependable aircraft proved to be the lifeblood of the community. ...
Usage examples of lifeblood.
All others died, their lifeblood going to soak the ground and help to appease the insatiable bloodthirst of the Mother of All.
Each drop of Ryukyu cinnabar that he mixed with alcohol and thrust in was a drop of his lifeblood.
The stronger of his slayers ran him back against a tree and left him pinned to it and vomiting his lifeblood away.
Mexico, indeed, that unfortunate caballero died in my arms, his very lifeblood pumping out of his terrible deathwound onto my cuirass.
He'd lived next to these canals himself for far too long not to know that the real lifeblood of Venice was not the water in her canals or the trade of her far-flung colonies, but gossip.
Whatever time we've bought, we bought it in part with the lifeblood of our best men.
The sun lay dying on the shore across the river from Irvington, spilling its lifeblood into the rippling water and throwing a soft orange glow up onto the walls of his apartment.
The only people out tonight were a few nocturnal taxi drivers and one or two heavily burdened thirdworldish vehicles, the lifeblood of the New Economy, out running errands.
The air that breathes over us, the shining waters that flow in the streams and rivers and lap the ocean shores, this is our lifeblood.
He could feel the pulse of Sterling Silver beneath his feet, the beat of her heart, of her lifeblood, of her soul.
Jane expected bats to fly out, at least one of them a vampire in disguise, intent on sucking away her lifeblood.
Stupid, soft-hearted bastard, watering down the lifeblood of our culture with his foolish laws.