haemorrhage
verb UK (US hemorrhage) /ˈhem.ər.ɪdʒ/
/-ɚ-/ Definition
› [I] to lose a large amount of blood in a short time: She started haemorrhaging while giving birth to the baby.Disorders and diseases of the heart and blood › [I or T] to lose large amounts of something such as money over a period of time and be unable to stop this happening: The business has been haemorrhaging money for several months.Losing and lossWinning and losing
(Definition of haemorrhage verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- astray adverb
- black hole noun
- desert verb (LEAVE BEHIND)
- disappear verb
- escape noun (GET FREE)
- forfeit noun
- get to phrasal verb
- haemorrhage noun
- kiss sth goodbye idiom
- lose verb (NOT HAVE)
- lose your way idiom
- loss noun
- lost adjective (PLACE UNKNOWN)
- mislay verb
- misplace verb
- say goodbye to sth idiom
- slip through sb's fingers idiom
- stray verb
- wave/say goodbye to sth idiom
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Losing and loss
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