bloodletting vs butchery

bloodletting

noun
  • A circumstance, such as a battle, where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence. 

  • The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person. 

  • The diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect. 

butchery

noun
  • The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse. 

  • A disastrous effort, an atrocious failure. 

  • A meat market 

  • An abattoir, a slaughterhouse. 

  • The stereotypical behaviors and accoutrements of being a butch lesbian. 

  • The butchering of meat. 

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