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ex⋅san⋅gui⋅nate

  [eks-sang-gwuh-neyt] verb, -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.
Use exsanguinate in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to drain of blood; make bloodless.
–verb (used without object)
2. to bleed to death.
Origin:
1790–1800; < LL exsanguinātus bloodless, deprived of blood (ptp. of exsanguināre), equiv. to L ex- ex- 1 + sanguin- (s. of sanguis blood; see sanguine ) + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
ex⋅san⋅gui⋅na⋅tion, noun
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ex·san·gui·nate   (ěks-sāng'gwə-nāt')   
v.   ex·san·gui·nat·ed, ex·san·gui·nat·ing, ex·san·gui·nates

v.   tr.
To drain of blood.
v.   intr.
To be drained of blood.

[From Latin exsanguinātus, drained of blood : ex-, ex- + sanguis, sanguin-, blood.]
ex·san'gui·na'tion n.
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exsanguinate ex·san·gui·nate (ěks-sāng'gwə-nāt')
v. ex·san·gui·nat·ed, ex·san·gui·nat·ing, ex·san·gui·nates
To deprive of or drain of blood.

ex·san'gui·na'tion n.

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