bleed white

English

Verb

bleed white (third-person singular simple present bleeds white, present participle bleeding white, simple past and past participle bled white)

1. (literally) To drain someone of blood entirely.

   Synonym: exsanguinate

2. (figurative) To take money from someone until they have none.
3. (transitive, figuratively, informal) To cause someone hardship by cutting all supplies off.

   Besieging the castle will bleed it white and force it to surrender.

Translations

to drain someone of their blood

• Russian: обескро́вить (ru) pf (obeskróvitʹ), обескро́вливать (ru) impf (obeskróvlivatʹ)
• Ukrainian: знекро́влювати impf (znekróvljuvaty), знекро́вити pf (znekróvyty)

to take someone's money

• Greek: ξαιματώνω (xaimatóno)
• Russian: вы́качать все де́ньги pf (výkačatʹ vse dénʹgi), обобра́ть до ни́тки pf (obobrátʹ do nítki)

to cut off supplies

• French: saigner à blanc (fr)
• German: ausbluten (de)

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Translations to be checked

• French: saigner à blanc (fr)
• German: ausbluten (de)