bloodletting

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English

Definitions

verb

To bleed; let blood; phlebotomise.

noun

The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.
(by extension) The diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect.“Yet another round of corporate bloodletting.”
A circumstance, such as a battle, where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence.

Related words

Synonyms

bleeding battue bloodshed bloodbath haemorrhage indent slaughter indentation drain carnage massacre blood-letting blooding purging bleeding sickness bloodloss

Associated

leeching cupping leeches overkill miraculous paraphernalia stingray serpent rituals ritual

Rhymes

besetting upsetting setting petting interpreting wetting netting getting jetting fretting

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