Bloodletting - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈblʌdletɪŋ|
Brit.
|ˈblʌdletɪŋ|
noun
- formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
- indiscriminate slaughter (syn: battue, bloodbath, bloodshed)
- 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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