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bloodletting::noun | Spocien Dictionary

bloodletting

noun

/'bləd,lɛtɪŋ/

indiscriminate slaughter

Type	Words
Synonyms	battue, bloodbath, bloodshed
Type of	mass murder, carnage, butchery, slaughter, massacre

ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name.

bloodletting

noun

/'bləd,lɛtɪŋ/

formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)

Type	Words
Type of	medical aid, medical care
Has types	venesection, cupping, phlebotomy