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May 26, 2012
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life•blood



Pronunciation: (līf'blud"), [key]
—n.
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.

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