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bloodletting
noun
(blood-let-ting)
indiscriminate slaughter
Synonyms:
battue
,
bloodbath
,
bloodshed
,
Examples:
Ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name.
bloodletting
noun
(blood-let-ting)
formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
Words Related to
bloodletting
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bloodshed
,
bloodbath
,
battue
,
carnage
,
slaughter
,
massacre
,
bleeding
,
haemorrhage
,
drain
,
indent
,
indentation
,
savagery
,
butchery
,
violence
,
mutilation
,
barbarism
,
infighting
,
pogrom
,
strife
,
barbarity
,
bloodlust
,
dismemberment
,
gruesomeness
,
acrimony
,
revelry
,
purgation
,
debauchery
,
mayhem
,
massacres
,
hostilities
,
madness
,
ethnic cleansing
,
atrocities
,
convulsion
,
unpleasantness
,
skirmishes
,
rampages
,
insurgence
,
brutalization
,
clashes
,
excesses
,
bloodshedding
,
incruental
,
orgy
,
conflict
,
bloodiness
,
warfare
,
conflagration
,
slashings
,
depredations
,
bedlam
,
turmoil
,
upheaval
,
brutalities
,
politicking
,
murderousness
,
decimation
,
embitterment
,
anarchy
,
tumult
,
hemorrhaging
,
chaos
,
cataclysm
,
feuds
,
lunacy
,
implosion
,
factionalism
,
paroxysm
,
terrorization
,
bickering
,
brawls
,
spasm
,
gore
,
backbiting
,
rapine
,
savage
,
exodus
,
horrors
,
recrudescence
,
lawlessness
,
ghastliness
,
warring
,
debacle
,
brinkmanship
,
innocents
,
fractiousness
,
awfulness
,
chicanery
,
gunplay
,
confrontations
,
nastiness
,
flagellants
,
fisticuffs
,
triumphalism
,
commotions
,
sadism
,
maiming
,
gyrations
,
destruction
,
bloodthirstiness
,
bloodletting
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