English Explanatory Dictionary

exsanguinate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To drain (a living or dead body, or (medicine, surgery) a body part) of blood.
  2. To kill (a person or animal) by means of blood loss.
  3. To bleed profusely; also, to die by means of blood loss.
  4. To cause blood to drain from a body or body part, or profuse bleeding.

Pronunciation

/ɛkˈsæŋɡwɪneɪt/ /ɪk-/ En-uk-exsanguinate.ogg /ɪkˈsæŋɡwəˌneɪt/ En-us-exsanguinate.ogg

Word forms

exsanguinate exsanguinates exsanguinating exsanguinated

Etymology

PIE word *h₁ésh₂r̥ Learned borrowing from New Latin exsanguinātus (“depleted of blood, exsanguinated; lacking blood, bloodless”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Exsanguinātus is a participial adjective formed on ex- (“out, from”) + sanguī̆s (sanguin-) (“blood”) + -ātus.

Synonyms

bleed white bleed out

Related words

desanguinate desanguination desanguinator exsangueous exsanguious exsanguine exsanguineous sanguinary sanguine sanguinely sanguineness sanguineous

Derived words

exsanguinated exsanguination exsanguinator

Translations

Belarusian: абяскро́ўліваць Belarusian: абяскро́віць Finnish: vuodattaa kuiviin French: exsanguiner Russian: обескро́вливать Russian: обескро́вить Swedish: exsangvinera Ukrainian: знекро́влювати Ukrainian: знекро́вити
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