haemorrhage verb

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/ˈhem.ər.ɪdʒ/

/-ɚ-/ v

Definition

•

[I] to lose a large amount of blood in a short time

She started haemorrhaging while giving birth to the baby.

•

[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.

(Definition of haemorrhage verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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