Definition of EXSANGUINATE

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: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
exsanguinate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
exsanguinate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 24

exsanguinate: valid Words With Friends Word