exsanguinate

American  

[eks-sang-gwuh-neyt] / ɛksˈsæŋ gwəˌneɪt /

verb (used with object)

exsanguinated, exsanguinating

1. to drain of blood; make bloodless.

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verb (used without object)

exsanguinated, exsanguinating

1. to bleed to death.

exsanguinate British  

/ ɪkˈsæŋɡwɪneɪt /

verb

1. rare (tr) to drain the blood from

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Other Word Forms

• exsanguination
  noun

Etymology

Origin of exsanguinate

First recorded in 1790–1800; from Late Latin exsanguinātus “bloodless, deprived of blood” (past participle of exsanguināre ), equivalent to Latin ex- ex- ¹ + sanguin- (stem of sanguis “blood”; see sanguine) + -ātus -ate ¹