Bloodletting - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈblʌdletɪŋ|  American pronunciation of the word bloodletting
Brit.  |ˈblʌdletɪŋ|  British pronunciation of the word bloodletting

noun

- formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
- indiscriminate slaughter (syn: battue, bloodbath, bloodshed)
ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name

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The movie contains scenes of violence and bloodletting.

Many jobs have been lost, and the bloodletting isn't over yet.

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