bloodletting

Words with a similar base: bloodletting

'bloodletting'

[bloodletting.n.01] as in: formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)

'bloodletting'

[bloodbath.n.01] as in: indiscriminate slaughter

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Examples:
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