bloodletting
noun/ˈblʌdletɪŋ/
/ˈblʌdletɪŋ/
[uncountable]- (formal) the killing or wounding of people synonym bloodshed
- the futile bloodletting of war
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- a medical treatment used in the past in which some of a patient’s blood was removed
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