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.
A circumstance, such as a battle, where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence.
The act of deliberate killing of a person or other being without moral justification, especially with malice aforethought.
Something terrible to endure.
A group of crows; the collective noun for crows.
The commission of an act which abets the commission of a crime the commission of which causes the death of a human.
The crime of deliberately killing a person without moral justification.
To botch or mangle.
To devour, ravish.
To kick someone's ass or chew someone out (used to express one’s anger at somebody).
To defeat decisively.
To deliberately kill (a person or persons) without justification, especially with malice aforethought.