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English to English noun
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formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine) |  | source: wordnet30
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indiscriminate slaughter | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied to venesection. | | source: webster1913
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