blood-letting

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Definition of blood-letting in English English dictionary: Journalists sometimes refer to a bitter quarrel between two groups of people from within the same organization as blood-letting. Hopefully a satisfactory solution can be reached without much blood letting; Blood-letting is violence or killing between groups of people, especially between rival armies. Once again there's been ferocious blood-letting in the township
bloodletting: By extension, the diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect
bloodletting: The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person
blood letting: {i} phlebotomy, draining of blood for medical purposes; killing, bloodshed
bloodletting: {i} phlebotomy, draining of blood for medical purposes; killing, bloodshed
bloodletting: indiscriminate slaughter
bloodletting: The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; esp
bloodletting: applied to venesection
bloodletting: A circumstance such as a battle where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence
bloodletting: formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
bloodletting: exsanguination

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