bloodletting (n.)

• aspiration
• bane
• bleeding
• blood
• bloodshed
• cupping
• destruction
• dispatch
• drafting
• drainage
• drawing
• emptying
• euthanasia
• execution
• extermination
• gore
• immolation
• kill
• killing
• lapidation
• martyrdom
• phlebotomy
• poisoning
• sacrifice
• shooting
• slaughter
• slaying
• stoning
• sucking
• suction
• tapping
• venesection