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View definitions for bloodletting

bloodletting

adjective as in gory

noun as in bloodshed

noun as in butchery

noun as in pogrom

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Most of the dead remain anonymous, presumed foot soldiers of one side or the other in the bloodletting.

Haunted by the immense sacrifices and dreadful memories of World War I, the French and British people were reluctant ever to endure such a bloodletting again.

In the late 18th to early 19th Century, millions of the leeches were used in hospitals across Europe for bloodletting treatment.

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The Hezbollah leader took his time to respond to the past month of bloodletting which has turned the Middle East into a tinder box.

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Also, California’s Democratic Party will avoid unnecessary bloodletting.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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