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Noun
bloodletting
Definition: formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
bloodbath
bloodletting
bloodshed
battue
Definition: 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"
Definition: The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.
Verb
Definition: present participle of bloodlet