bloodlettings
Medicinal vein drainings
Bloodlettings is the plural of bloodletting, which historically meant the medical practice of drawing blood to cure illness.
The word now more commonly refers to violence or killing, especially on a large scale: The civil war resulted in years of bloodlettings.
It can also mean severe cost-cutting, particularly layoffs: Corporate bloodlettings left thousands unemployed.
Extracting blood medically
- leechesBlood-drinking segmented worms
- lancetSmall surgical knife
- cuppingSkin suction healing method
- humorsAccommodates someone's wishes
purging · fleam · scarification · tourniquet · vein · incision · barber-surgeon · therapeutic
Brutal group killings
- slaughterKilling for meat
- carnageWidespread violent death
- killingsActs causing death
- butcherySavage killing
warfare · battles · atrocities · purges · genocide · executions · conflicts · casualties
Forcible removals from power
- layoffsMass job eliminations
- firingsTerminations of employment
- cutbacksReductions in spending
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
restructuring · culling · housecleaning · shakeups · dismissals · terminations · corporate · political
phlebotomy
Extracting blood medically
humors · purging · fleam · scarification · tourniquet · vein · incision · barber-surgeon · therapeutic · medieval
massacres
Brutal group killings
butchery · warfare · battles · atrocities · purges · genocide · executions · conflicts · casualties · fighting
purges
Forcible removals from power
downsizing · restructuring · culling · housecleaning · shakeups · dismissals · terminations · corporate · political · ousters
bloodlettingstransfusions
Medical blood transfers
blood transfusions · infusions · blood donations · intravenous therapy · IV therapy
bloodlettingshealings
Restorations to wellness
reconciliations · ceasefires · peace accords · peace treaties · armistices
bloodlettingsreplenishments
Acts of restocking
restorations · accumulations · stockpilings · buildups · infusions