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lifeblood definition

life·blood (-blud′)

noun

  1. the blood necessary to life
  2. a vital element or animating influence

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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