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bloodletting
noun
indiscriminate slaughter
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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)
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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
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