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Synonyms for hemorrhage

  • noun
  • American English

Most common

bleeding bleed

All synonyms

Noun

1. Bleeding — A heavy release of blood within or from the body

bleeding, bleed, hemorrhea dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A heavy release of blood within or from the body.

    We got news that he died of a hemorrhage.

Related words

Phrases
cerebral hemorrhage
Other spellings
haemorrhage UK

Forms

Plural
hemorrhages → bleedings, bleeds…

Example sentences

  • bleeding Tom cut his finger and it's bleeding pretty badly.
  • bleed The pin pierced his finger and it began to bleed.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
hemorrhagerising
bleedingrising
bleedrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
bleed1
8 letters
bleeding2
9 letters
hemorrhea

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bleeding2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
hémorragie
Italiano
emorragia