staunching
Halting blood loss
Staunching is the act of stopping a flow, especially of blood from a wound: She pressed hard on the gash, staunching the bleeding.
The word extends to stemming any unwanted outflow: staunching the tide of refugees, staunching financial losses.
Also spelled stanching.
Blood solidifying process
- stemmingRoot-form reduction process
- stoppingCeasing to continue
- arrestingStrikingly attention-grabbing
- compressingForcing into less space
bandaging · tourniquet · hemostasis · coagulating · sealing · plugging · dressing · packing
Root-form reduction process
- stoppingCeasing to continue
- haltingMarked by hesitation
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- dammingBlocking a waterway
plugging · sealing · curtailing · checking · arresting · restricting · impeding · containing
clotting
Blood solidifying process
- stemmingRoot-form reduction process
- stoppingCeasing to continue
- arrestingStrikingly attention-grabbing
compressing · bandaging · tourniquet · hemostasis · coagulating · sealing · plugging · dressing · packing · cauterizing
stemming
Root-form reduction process
damming · plugging · sealing · curtailing · checking · arresting · restricting · impeding · containing · reducing
staunchingreleasing
Allowing to escape
opening · unleashing · allowing · freeing · unblocking
staunchingbleeding
Blood loss from injury
hemorrhaging · exsanguinating · bloodletting · cutting · lacerating
staunchingreleasing
Allowing to escape
letting go · freeing · liberating · loosing · discharging
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