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Word of the day
for May 26
exsanguinate v
  1. (transitive)
    1. To drain (a living or dead body, or (medicine, surgery) a body part) of blood.
    2. To kill (a person or animal) by means of blood loss.
  2. (intransitive)
    1. To bleed profusely; also, to die by means of blood loss.
    2. To cause blood to drain from a body or body part, or profuse bleeding.

The book Dracula by the Irish author Bram Stoker, was first published on this day in 1897.

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