to stanch

Examples

• All

• Saying nothing, I return to the kitchen to find a towel, stanch the blood, and wrap my wound.

  Fiction book (1994)

• I gotta put cotton in it to stanch the flow of pus.

  Barton Fink (1991)

• Open wounds, he said, nothing can stanch them.

  Fiction book (2001)

• I could stanch the bleeding and allow the man to be transported by litter back to the castle.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Kathleen was working feverishly on him, trying to stanch the blood flowing from an ugly knife wound in his side.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Griswold and Sassy stanched the blood by packing the cloth in and around the wound, but it did not hold.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Jack was on his knees, his left hand pressed against his neck to stanch the blood.

• Kit was in the bathroom, trying to stanch the blood with her hand.

• Crimson blood welled up through the fingers trying to stanch the flow from his stump.

Synonyms

H

to halt

vsto stanch

206 2.4

To stop moving or make something stop moving

applies specifically to stopping liquid flow, especially blood

S

to stem

vsto stanch

37 5.1

To stop a liquid flow or prevent something from spreading

focuses specifically on stopping liquid flow, especially blood

C

to choke off

vsto stanch

6 6.4

To stop a supply by blocking its source or flow

acts to stop liquid flow directly rather than just blocking sources

S

to staunch

vsto stanch

5 7.5

To stop the flow of blood from a wound

is the same meaning but written with an alternative spelling

Antonyms

A

to allow

∞ 1.0

To let something happen or let someone do something

R

to release

∞ 1.8

To let someone or something go free from being held

How Complete

to halt

206 2.4

to stanch

3 8.5

to stem

37 5.1

Surface Forms

Etymology