Reference meaning

exsanguinate

verb·Reference

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To drain (a living or dead body, or (medicine, surgery) a body part) of blood.

Other meanings

2. verb

To kill (a person or animal) by means of blood loss.

3. verb

To bleed profusely; also, to die by means of blood loss.

4. verb

To cause blood to drain from a body or body part, or profuse bleeding.

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