bloodletting
Example Sentences
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Adnan says two other Alawites were killed on the same day as his brother, adding that the bloodletting has a purpose.
From BBC
In under a year, HTS has presided over no fewer than three incidents of large-scale sectarian bloodletting, in which Sunni forces associated with its regime have carried out killings of Alawites and Druze.
He is globally revered for putting a stop to the frenzy of bloodletting 31 years ago, in which extremist members of the Hutu ethnic group murdered some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
The Epstein scandal may prove to be the tie that binds — or, to extend the metaphor, the first political bloodletting that has universal appeal since Nixon was expelled from the body politic.
From Salon
The horrendous bloodletting of World War I bloodletting removed all inhibitions against a total, violent resolution of social conflict.
From Salon
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