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.
Extensive destruction of a group of animals or (especially) people; a large-scale massacre or slaughter.
Complete destruction by fire; also, the thing so destroyed.
An offering or sacrifice to a deity that is completely burned to ashes.
A complete or large offering or sacrifice.
To sacrifice (chiefly an animal) to be completely burned.
To destroy (something) completely, especially by fire.
To subject (a group of people) to a holocaust (mass annihilation); to destroy en masse.