Word Games Pro Dictionary
bloodletting
noun
indiscriminate slaughter
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 12
- Starts with
- B
- Ends with
- G
- Contains
- LOODLETTIN
- Scrabble score
- 16
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
Meaning
Definitions
noun
indiscriminate slaughter
“a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered”
noun
formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
In context
Example Sentences
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
Similar words