formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
indiscriminate slaughter;
\\\"a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered\\\"
\\\"ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name\\\"
\\\"the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder\\\"
\\\"a huge prison battue was ordered\\\"
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用作名詞(n.)
Many extremists decided to end the bloodletting. 許多極端分子決定為放血行動畫上休止符。