hemorrhage
noun
- symptom
verb
- lose (blood) quickly
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈhɛm(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/
noun
Etymology: From Latin haemorrhagia, from Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία (haimorrhagía, “a violent bleeding”), from αἱμορραγής (haimorrhagḗs, “bleeding violently”), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -ραγία (-ragía), from ῥηγνύναι (rhēgnúnai, “to break, burst”); see ῥήγνῡμῐ (rhḗgnūmĭ) for more.
- A heavy release of blood within or from the body.
“We got news that he died of a hemorrhage.”
- A sudden or significant loss
“the fiscal hemorrhage that has resulted from financial globalization”
verb
Etymology: From Latin haemorrhagia, from Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία (haimorrhagía, “a violent bleeding”), from αἱμορραγής (haimorrhagḗs, “bleeding violently”), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -ραγία (-ragía), from ῥηγνύναι (rhēgnúnai, “to break, burst”); see ῥήγνῡμῐ (rhḗgnūmĭ) for more.
- To bleed copiously.
“The patient is hemorrhaging!”
- To lose (something) in copious and detrimental quantities.
“The company hemorrhaged money until eventually it went bankrupt.”
““That in itself is important for [Iran’s] longer game and their broader strategic objectives,” says Dr. [Sanam] Vakil. “I think they were trying to force Israel to think twice, in order to stop the hemorrhaging around the region of their individuals and of their position.””