bleed white

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bleed white

verb bleeds white · bleeding white · bled white

  1. literally To drain of blood extensively.

    Similar: exsanguinate

  2. figuratively, informal, transitive To cause life-threatening hardship through deprivation of essential resources. France had been bled white by the war.

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verb to cut off supplies

Françaissaigner à blanc
Deutschausbluten

verb to drain someone of their blood

Русскийобескро́вить obeskróvitʹ, обескро́вливать obeskróvlivatʹ

verb to take someone's money

Ελληνικάξαιματώνω xaimatóno
Русскийвы́качать все де́ньги výkačatʹ vse dénʹgi, обобра́ть до ни́тки obobrátʹ do nítki

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@misc{bleed_white_2026,
  title = {bleed white},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bleed%20white},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}