blood-letting

/ ˈblʌdˌlɛtɪŋ /

noun

1. See phlebotomy
   the therapeutic removal of blood, as in relieving congestive heart failure See also phlebotomy
2. bloodshed, esp in a blood feud

Example Sentences

It is surely preferable to blood-letting in the guise of ideologically-guided nation-building.

From The Daily Beast

In fact the Abrahamic sacrifice had nothing to do with the physical act of blood-letting.

From The Daily Beast

The only known blood letting between future Nobel Prize winners.

From The Daily Beast

Louis the Goon seemed to have a blind genius for getting on the scene when some blood-letting was due.

From Project Gutenberg

At the present time Sheppy lacks something of his customary steam owing to a rather serious blood-letting.

From Project Gutenberg

The blood-letting was a sorely needed medicine to her choked veins.

From Project Gutenberg

Without a little blood-letting this Union will not, in my estimation, be worth a rush.

From Project Gutenberg

The most usual resort in these cases of obstinate rigidity is blood-letting.

From Project Gutenberg