Definition of bloodletting

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  • bloodletting is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 16
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Definition of bloodletting

  • indiscriminate slaughter (noun)

    Examples

    1. ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name

    Synonyms

    1. battue
    2. bloodbath
    3. bloodshed
  • formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine) (noun)

See definition of bloodletting in Merriam Webster