Bleed out
noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An instance of exsanguination or of major blood loss. informal
"There are shootings, stabbings, car wrecks, falls and other accidents that can create a fatal bleed out situation."
- 2 An instance of any system or item that loses its necessary components, such as a machine and its fuel or a company and its money. figuratively
Verb
- 1 To die due to excess blood loss; to bleed to death. intransitive
"But we never got to take the shot I'd been trained to take, that beautiful single shot that takes out a man's head, or the gutshot—Chris Kyle's favorite—that allows him to bleed out and die a little slower, maybe think about all the ways he might have lived a different and better life."
- 2 To kill by causing such bloodloss. transitive
- 3 To leak out; to spread. figuratively, intransitive
"Most slang begins in small communities, but some words bleed out into wider society over time."
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More examples"There are shootings, stabbings, car wrecks, falls and other accidents that can create a fatal bleed out situation."