Meaning & use
hemorrhage
Heavy or uncontrolled bleeding, especially from a ruptured blood vessel inside the body.
See it in a sentence
A brain hemorrhage left the patient unconscious before doctors could operate.
The surgeon worked quickly to stop the hemorrhage before the patient lost too much blood.
A note on using this word
Hemorrhage is the American spelling ('haemorrhage' in British English) and is also used figuratively for a rapid, damaging loss, as in 'hemorrhaging money.'
Words with a similar meaning
bleeding
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To lose something, especially money or support, rapidly and in large amounts.
The company was hemorrhaging cash after losing its biggest client.
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