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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To drain of blood.
  2. v. To be drained of blood.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To render bloodless.

Wiktionary

  1. v. To kill by means of blood loss.
  2. v. To die by means of blood loss.
  3. v. To drain a body (living or dead) of blood.

Etymologies

  1. From Latin exsanguinātus, drained of blood : ex-, ex- + sanguis, sanguin-, blood.

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  • whichbe To kill or die by means of blood loss. May 21, 2008

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