# let blood

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To extract blood from (a person, part of the body etc.).
2. To bleed someone; to extract blood from a person, part of the body etc. for supposed therapeutic purposes, especially by phlebotomy.
3. To make (someone or something) bleed, in a general sense; to cut; to kill.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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