Outbleed

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The bleeding or release of air from a system.

    "With shrouding to prevent this outbleed, thrusts 5 to 10 percent less than those of the unperforated nozzle were obtained."

Verb
  1. 1
    To bleed more than; to lose more blood than. transitive

    "And there is enough gore to outbleed “Ben-Hur.”"

  2. 2
    To win (a battle) by being willing to accept more casualties or injuries. figuratively, transitive

    "The conflict in Europe must inevitably show that the standard of justice is not established by the power of one nation to outbleed another."

Example

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"With shrouding to prevent this outbleed, thrusts 5 to 10 percent less than those of the unperforated nozzle were obtained."

Etymology

From out- + bleed.

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