English-Spanish translations for bloodletting

• carnicería
• sangría
  ¿Qué puede hacer la Unión Europea sobre esta constante sangría mutua en territorio ruso? What can the EU do about this constant mutual bloodletting on Russian territory?
  Así que, de acuerdo con informantes sobre el terreno, la sangría en Haití continúa. So it is, according to informants on the ground, that the bloodletting in Haiti continues.

Definition of bloodletting

• The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person
• The diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect

Related words

• bloodless
• bloodlessness
• bloodlessly
• bloodletter
• bloodleaf