* daijs
* gg5: ・それには命を削るような努力が必要だった.　That took enough work to shorten a man's life.
* prog: 山で子供が消息を絶った4日間は命を削る思いだった I nearly died of worry during those four days when my child was missing in the mountains.
* luminous: その借金を返すのに*命を削る思いだった (⇒死に物狂いだった) I made desperate efforts to pay back the money.
* reverso: やはりドキュメンタリーは命を削る仕事なのかも知れない。 It seems, after all, that the work of making documentaries may wear away at life.

命を削る　 12,230
命を縮める  6,700