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to hemorrhage

to hemorrhage

32 7.8
To lose a large amount of blood from a broken blood vessel
  • verb
  • /ˈhɛmərɪdʒ/
  • US
translation icon : sangrar profusamente
  • Meanwhile, I'm hemorrhaging cash.

And so when people have damage to those blood vessels, the blood, the blood, the vessels can start to hemorrhage.

Examples

  • So one of the risks of childbirth is hemorrhaging or bleeding to death.

  • Ow, and she hemorrhaged to death.

    Lycan Colony (2006)

  • Or if the patient hemorrhages, or if the patient...

    Phish: The Clifford Ball (2009)

  • Well, we're going to perform a C-section and just be prepared in case she hemorrhages.

    Marcus (2022)

  • During surgery, we discovered that Jamie's uterus was hemorrhaging.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Ben, she's hemorrhaging!

    The Devil Inside (2012)

  • He was hemorrhaging internally.

    Se7en (1995)

  • "You're right, Dr. Shepard, your son is hemorrhaging, and he's in distress."

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Three ruptured blood vessels while sneezing, two while coughing, and two patients hemorrhaged following blunt external laryngeal trauma.

    Academic text (1996)

  • If a person is severely injured, they might hemorrhage and require immediate medical attention.

Synonyms

to bleed
vsto hemorrhage
331 1.0

To lose blood from the body because of an injury or illness

is heavy often uncontrolled blood loss rather than a minor or routine loss
to bleed out
vsto hemorrhage
  • NSFW
51 7.7

To lose so much blood from an injury that you may die

is heavy often uncontrolled blood loss that may not be immediately fatal

Antonyms

to heal
481 1.2

To become healthy again after an injury, illness, or emotional pain

to stabilize
  • US
75 4.3

To become steady and stop changing

Compounds

cerebral hemorrhage
  • Specialized
6 7.3

Bleeding inside the brain from a burst blood vessel

hemorrhage of cash flow
  • Literature
8.4

A fast loss of money that puts a company at risk

hemorrhage of talent
  • Literature
7.7

A rapid loss of skilled employees from a company or organization

How Severe

to bleed out
  • NSFW
51 7.7
to hemorrhage
  • US
32 7.8
to bleed
331 1.0
to ooze
64 3.9

Surface Forms

hemorrhage infinitive
hemorrhaged past
hemorrhaged past participle
hemorrhaging present participle
hemorrhages third person singular

Etymology

To hemorrhage comes from the same Greek parts haima 'blood' and -rrhage 'bursting out'. So to hemorrhage is to 'have blood burst out', which is why the verb means to lose a large amount of blood.