ALL meanings of bloodletting
blood·let·ting
B b - uncountable noun bloodletting Bloodletting is violence or killing between groups of people, especially between rival armies. 3
- uncountable noun bloodletting Journalists sometimes refer to a bitter quarrel between two groups of people from within the same organization as bloodletting. 3
- noun bloodletting the opening of a vein to remove blood; phlebotomy 3
- abbreviation BLOODLETTING bloodshed 3
- noun bloodletting the act or practice of letting blood by opening a vein; phlebotomy. 1
- noun bloodletting bloodshed or slaughter. 1
- abbreviation BLOODLETTING bloodbath. 1
- noun bloodletting Informal. severe cutbacks or reduction in personnel, appropriations, etc.: The company went through a period of bloodletting in the 1970s. 1
- noun bloodletting The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person. 0
- noun bloodletting (by extension) the diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect. 0
- noun bloodletting A circumstance such as a battle where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence. 0