bloodletting
Example Sentences
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For weeks, it looked like nothing would stop Wall Street’s bloodletting of software companies.
Apple even pushed through a rare round of cuts — though the bloodletting slowed by the end of the year.
From Los Angeles Times
This week he called for an end to the bloodletting.
From BBC
Ashes defeats in Australia usually mean sweeping changes to an England regime and the bloodletting will soon begin.
From BBC
At some point over the weekend, Cummins looks likely to once again become an Ashes-winning captain and the bloodletting of this England regime will begin.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
