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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)

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