V. To lose rapidly and uncontrollably, in copious amounts. Usually blood. Could be money. Could be self-esteem, if you like to think of yours as a fluid, contained by your ego, in which case a rupture would give rise to a hemorrhage.
Hem"or*rhage (?), n. [L. haemorrhagia, Gr. ; blood + to break, burst: cf. F. h'emorriage, h'emorrhagie.] Med.
Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.
⇒ The blood circulates in a system of closed tubes, the rupture of which gives rise to hemorrhage.
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