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[ bluhd-let-ing ] / ˈblʌdˌlɛt ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bloodletting ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act or practice of letting blood by opening a vein; phlebotomy. bloodshed or slaughter. bloodbath. Informal. severe cutbacks or reduction in personnel, appropriations, etc.: The company went through a period of bloodletting in the 1970s. Origin of bloodlettingFirst recorded in 1175–1225, bloodletting is from Middle English blod letunge. See blood, let1, -ing1 OTHER WORDS FROM bloodlettingbloodletter, nounWords nearby bloodlettingBlood is thicker than water, blood knot, bloodless, bloodless operation, Bloodless Revolution, bloodletting, blood level, blood libel, blood lily, bloodline, blood meal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bloodlettingThe bloodletting in Syria has unfolded with deliberate relentlessness. A New Start To U.S. Policy In Syria Can Save Lives|Tom Perriello|February 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST So the question is, can Lebanon survive the "Lebanonization" of Syria without another abominable round of bloodletting? Is Syria Being 'Lebanized' or is Lebanon Being 'Syrianized'?|Hussein Ibish|August 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST As bloodletting continues and criminals take advantage of the political chaos, ordinary Egyptians are arming themselves. Egypt’s Arms Race|Sophia Jones|August 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST He shrugged, “I did not expect it to go on this long,” he said of the bloodletting that had cost 100,000 lives. In Syria, Europe & Boston, the Past Is Never Finished|Kati Marton|May 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Meantime, Syrians still drown in bloodletting, chaos, and refugees, while the Assad side weakens only by endless inches. How to Save Syria From al Qaeda|Leslie H. Gelb|February 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST This fever will cure him, they say it sobers like bloodletting. Beauchamp's Career, Complete|George Meredith They are aware of bloodletting, which they practise most indiscriminately. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The|William Griffith Magendie was firmly opposed to bloodletting and ordered physicians working under him not to bleed. Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology|Audrey Davis This here business ain't going to be ended without a rare lot of bloodletting. The Hero of Panama|F. S. Brereton Bloodletting, the removal of blood from the body, has been practiced in some form by almost all societies and cultures. Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology|Audrey Davis
British Dictionary definitions for bloodletting
nounthe therapeutic removal of blood, as in relieving congestive heart failureSee also phlebotomy bloodshed, esp in a blood feud Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bloodlettingmurderous, murder, massacre, fighting, killing, bloodbath, carnage, butchery, extermination, annihilation, genocide, onslaught, gore, slaughterhouse, slaughter, bloodshed, decimation, slaying, assassination, offensive Medical definitions for bloodletting
n.The therapeutic removal of blood, usually from a vein. Other words from bloodlettingblood′let′ter n.The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |