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[ lahyf-bluhd ] / ˈlaɪfˌblʌd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lifeblood ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe blood, considered as essential to maintain life: to spill one's lifeblood in war. a life-giving, vital, or animating element: Agriculture is the lifeblood of the country. Origin of lifebloodFirst recorded in 1580–90; life + blood Words nearby lifebloodlife-and-death, life annuity, life arrow, life assurance, life belt, lifeblood, lifeboat, lifeboatman, life buoy, life car, life-care Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lifebloodThis is the heart of the agent recruitment process that is the lifeblood of CIA today. CIA Agents Assess: How Real Is ‘Homeland’?|Chuck Cogan, John MacGaffin|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST This is because immigrants are the lifeblood of the U.S. economy. How Immigrants Will Save Social Security|Eleanor Clift|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST ISTANBUL, Turkey — The lifeblood of the death-dealing Islamic State is diesel fuel. Is NATO Ally Turkey Tacitly Fueling the ISIS War Machine?|Thomas Seibert|September 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Negotiation and compromise are the lifeblood of democracy, not poison to the body politic. Border Kids Crisis—Impotent Congress|John Avlon|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As an evangelical, that sort of contrarianism is in my lifeblood. I’m a Christian, and Ken Ham Doesn’t Speak for Me|Brad Kramer|February 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST Not while my hands are free, my body quick With lifeblood, and my heart a man's. Virginia, A Tragedy|Marion Forster Gilmore Hundreds of thousands of men dyed its soil with their lifeblood. America's War for Humanity|Thomas Herbert Russell Survey was the soul and lifeblood of the medical services supplied by Hospital Earth to the inhabited planets of the Galaxy. Contamination Crew|Alan Edward Nourse Business was crippled; industry was squeezed dry of its lifeblood. Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips De very stream of lifeblood in me was dryin' up, it 'peared lak. Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 1|Various
British Dictionary definitions for lifeblood
nounthe blood, considered as vital to sustain life the essential or animating force Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to lifebloodheart, growth, soul, activity, apotheosis, core, substance, nature, root, basis, character, element, crux, meaning, principle, aspect, bottom line, reality, quality, spirit |