hemorrhaged

Blood poured out

Hemorrhaged is the past tense of hemorrhage, meaning to bleed severely or uncontrollably, especially from a ruptured blood vessel: The patient hemorrhaged during surgery.

Figuratively, it describes rapid, massive loss: The company hemorrhaged cash for three quarters straight.

The spelling haemorrhaged appears in British English.

bleeding

exsanguination

Severe, fatal blood loss

bloodletting · clotting · coagulate · tourniquet · hemostat · arterial · venous · trauma · laceration · wound

financial

losses

Things subtracted from standing

debt · cash burn · red ink · write-off · shortfall · liquidation · collapse · downturn · capital flight · budget

rapid-loss

exodus

Mass departure from somewhere

departure · attrition · turnover · brain drain · defection · migration · staff · talent · customers · subscribers

Opposites
blood flow/medical state

hemorrhagedclotted

Solidified into masses

coagulated · stanched · healed · stabilized · staunched

resource/asset loss (figurative)

hemorrhagedaccumulated

Gradually collected or gathered

amassed · gained · stockpiled · retained · hoarded

Phrases
Family

hemorrhage, hemorrhagic, hemorrhaging, hemorrhages

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13