Bloodletting (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. the act or practice of letting blood by opening a vein; phlebotomy.
  2. bloodshed or slaughter.
  3. bloodbath.
  4. severe cutbacks or reduction in personnel, appropriations, etc.: The company went through a period of bloodletting in the 1970s.
noun
  1. the therapeutic removal of blood, as in relieving congestive heart failure
  2. bloodshed, esp in a blood feud
Bloodletting (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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