hemorrhage

A large loss of blood inside or outside the body.

• She suffered a brain hemorrhage.
• Doctors stopped the hemorrhage after the operation.
• An internal hemorrhage can be difficult to detect.

Similar words: heavy bleeding

Common phrases: internal hemorrhage, brain hemorrhage, severe hemorrhage

A sudden or very large loss of money, people, or other valuable things.

• The company faced a hemorrhage of cash.
• Higher wages abroad caused a hemorrhage of talent.
• Managers struggled to stop the financial hemorrhage.

How to use it: a hemorrhage of something (The industry faces a hemorrhage of skilled workers.)

Similar words: drain, outflow

Common phrases: hemorrhage of money, hemorrhage of talent, financial hemorrhage

To lose a large amount of blood.

• The patient began to hemorrhage.
• She hemorrhaged during the operation.
• Doctors acted quickly when he started hemorrhaging internally.

Similar words: bleed heavily

Common phrases: hemorrhage badly, hemorrhage internally, begin to hemorrhage

To lose large amounts of something valuable, causing serious problems.

• The company is hemorrhaging cash.
• The hospital hemorrhaged experienced staff last year.
• Can the newspaper survive if it continues to hemorrhage readers?

How to use it: hemorrhage something (The business continues to hemorrhage money.)

Similar words: lose, shed

Common phrases: hemorrhage money, hemorrhage cash, hemorrhage staff, hemorrhage customers