hemorrhages

Severe blood loss

Hemorrhages is the plural of hemorrhage—instances of severe bleeding, whether internal or external.

Blood hemorrhages from a wound; a patient hemorrhages after surgery.

The word extends to rapid, uncontrolled loss of any kind: a company hemorrhages money, a campaign hemorrhages supporters.

The party hemorrhaged votes in suburban districts.

financial

loss

Being without something

shortfall · outflow · bleeding · leaking · squandering · waste · erosion · decline · dissipation · expenditure

bleeding

blood

Body's oxygen carrier

  • gushFlow out forcefully
  • spurtSudden forceful discharge
  • flowUnbroken forward movement

ooze · seepage · clot · coagulate · hematoma · plasma · platelets · wound · laceration · vein

medical

stroke

Sudden brain blood blockage

injury · concussion · ulcer · lesion · subarachnoid · subdural · epidural · retinal · petechiae · transfusion

torrential

gush

Flow out forcefully

  • spurtSudden forceful discharge
  • cascadeSuccessive downward flow
  • floodOverwhelming water overflow

deluge · surge · overflow · eruption · outpour · torrent · stream · rush · burst · discharge

exodus

departure

Act of going away

exodus · migration · attrition · defection · loss · talent · staff · personnel · workforce · employees

Opposites
blood flow direction/control

hemorrhagesclots

Solidified blood masses

coagulates · clotting · stanches · hemostasis · seals

RESOURCE/QUANTITY CHANGE (metaphorical)

hemorrhagesaccumulates

Gathers in increasing quantity

amasses · gains · retains · accrues · hoards

wound severity

hemorrhagesscratch

Superficial wound or mark

nick · scrape · abrasion · paper cut · graze

Phrases
Family

hemorrhage, hemorrhagic, hemorrhaging, hemorrhaged

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Top 200,000
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