bloodletting

Noun

 * 1)  The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.
 * 2)  The diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect.
 * Yet another round of corporate bloodletting.
 * 1) A circumstance, such as a battle, where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence.
 * Yet another round of corporate bloodletting.
 * 1) A circumstance, such as a battle, where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence.
 * 1) A circumstance, such as a battle, where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence.

Translations

 * Arabic: فَصْد
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: pouštění žilou
 * Danish: åreladning
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: sangeltiro
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: sangría
 * German:, Schröpfen
 * Greek:
 * Irish: cuisleoireacht, foladóireacht, ródach, ligean fola, tarraingt fola
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 사혈(瀉血)
 * Polish: upust krwi
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tabad, pagtatabad, padugo
 * Ukrainian: кровопуска́ння


 * Danish: blodsudgydelse, åreladning
 * Finnish: verenvuodatus
 * French: effusion de sang
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 * Ukrainian: кровопроли́ття́, кровопуска́ння