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Synonyms for bloodletting
ˈblʌdˌlɛt ɪŋblood·let·ting

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  1. bloodlettingnoun

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

    Synonyms:
    battue, bloodshed, bloodbath

  2. bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battuenoun

    indiscriminate slaughter

    "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered"

    Synonyms:
    battue, bloodshed, gore, bloodbath

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  1. bloodlettingnoun

    Synonyms:
    venesection, bleeding, phlebotomy

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  1. List of paraphrases for "bloodletting":

    bloodshed, massacre, indent, indentation

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#14956massacre
#20240indent
#34328indentation
#40311bloodshed
#68074bloodbath
#101739bloodletting

How to use bloodletting in a sentence?

  1. Matt Smith:

    This will stabilize things a bit. It will slow the bloodletting, but it's absolutely not enough to rebalance the market.

  2. Lindsey Graham:

    I’m afraid you’d have bloodletting.

  3. Terry Madonna:

    Look at it from their point of view – they’re struggling for name recognition and identity with the voters. Meanwhile the party is going to say enough – we don’t want the bloodletting.


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