exsanguinate

Meaning

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

Synonyms

anemic

phlebotomize

draw blood

spanemic

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛkˈsæŋɡwɪneɪt/

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.