bleed out

To die because you lose too much blood.

• He could bleed out without help.
• The wounded soldier bled out before the ambulance arrived.
• They stopped the bleeding before she could bleed out.

Similar words: bleed to death, exsanguinate

Common phrases: bleed out quickly, bleed out slowly

To slowly spread or escape from one place into other places.

• Light bled out through the curtains.
• Their private jokes began to bleed out into everyday conversation.
• Information can bleed out of even a tightly controlled organization.

How to use it: bleed out into something (Ideas from the group began to bleed out into the wider community.); bleed out of something (Light bled out of the tiny room.)

Similar words: leak out, spread, seep out

Common phrases: bleed out into society, bleed out slowly

To kill a person or animal by making them lose too much blood.

• The butcher bled out the animal.
• The attacker left his victim wounded to bleed him out.
• The hunter used a knife to bleed out the deer.

How to use it: bleed someone/something out (The killer bled his victim out.)

Similar words: bleed to death, exsanguinate

Common phrases: bleed out someone, bleed out an animal

An event in which someone loses a large amount of blood.

• The injury caused a fatal bleed-out.
• The team prepared for a possible bleed-out during surgery.
• Two severe bleed-outs were recorded after the accident.

Similar words: major blood loss, exsanguination

Common phrases: a bleed out, fatal bleed out

An event in which a system loses the supplies it needs to keep working.

• The company faced a financial bleed-out.
• A fuel bleed-out left the machine unable to run.
• Repeated bleed-outs of cash threatened the business.

Similar words: resource drain

Common phrases: financial bleed out, fuel bleed out