formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
indiscriminate slaughter;
"a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered" "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name" "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder" "a huge prison battue was ordered"
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Many extremists decided to end the bloodletting.许多极端分子决定为放血行动画上休止符。
