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- noun Plural form of
bloodletting .
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Examples
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The most notorious of the bloodlettings was the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, in which members of Bugs Moran’s gang were machine-gunned in a north-side garage on Feb. 14, 1929.
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His teams played rugged defense - Villanova coach Andy Talley referred to games against the Spiders as "bloodlettings"
The Shad Plank 2010
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But after the great bloodlettings of the 20th century, the genre became a great deal darker.
John Feffer: Pinker: Pollyanna of Peace? John Feffer 2012
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But after the great bloodlettings of the 20th century, the genre became a great deal darker.
John Feffer: Pinker: Pollyanna of Peace? John Feffer 2012
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Al Qaeda had helped to provoke one of the worst bloodlettings in contemporary Arab history.
The Slaughter That Muslims Could Not Ignore Reuel Marc Gerecht 2011
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But after the great bloodlettings of the 20th century, the genre became a great deal darker.
John Feffer: Pinker: Pollyanna of Peace? John Feffer 2012
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As he polished the essays for final submission, America had been shaken by four months of racial bloodlettings during the Red Summer of 1919.
DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004
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Benjamin Rush worked tirelessly to care for the afflicted, but his treatments—bloodlettings, purgatives, and icy baths—were often fatal.
Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010
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Benjamin Rush worked tirelessly to care for the afflicted, but his treatments—bloodlettings, purgatives, and icy baths—were often fatal.
Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010
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I've carried that warm fuzzy with me since - even through the numerous intellectual bloodlettings I've had with her in the intervening years.
Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2009
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