Bloodletting and Holocaust

Bloodletting

Bloodletting noun - Formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine).
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Holocaust and bloodletting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Holocaust" instead a noun "Bloodletting".

Holocaust

Holocaust noun - The killing of a large number of people.
Usage example: as many as 2,000,000 people may have perished in the holocaust perpetrated by Cambodia's Khmer Rouge
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Bloodletting and holocaust are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bloodletting" instead a noun "Holocaust".
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