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phlebotomize

verb as in bleed

verb as in hemorrhage

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The phlebotomizing Jew swears he won't marry his daughter to any man who is not as rich as himself.

A physician, while in his patient’s room, in speaking to the surgeon about him, said, “You must phlebotomize the old gentleman to-morrow.”

Managing a theatre, publishing a newspaper, or keeping trained dogs or trotting horses, don't hardly begin to phlebotomize purse and reputation, like drinking.

And to think that all these agents heavily phlebotomize Uncle Sam's pockets to obtain such contemptible results!

And by the way, let me beg you not to call a trotting match a race, and not to speak of a "thorough-bred" as a "blooded" horse, unless he has been recently phlebotomized.

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

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