exsanguinate
Verb
- To drain (a living or dead body, or (medicine, surgery) a body part) of blood.
- To kill (a person or animal) by means of blood loss.
- To bleed profusely; also, to die by means of blood loss.
- To cause blood to drain from a body or body part, or profuse bleeding.
Origin / 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 out, bleed white
Scrabble Score: 20
exsanguinate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordexsanguinate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
exsanguinate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 24
exsanguinate is a valid Words With Friends word