haemorrhage

hae|mor|rhage¹ BrE hemorrhage AmE [ˈhemərıdʒ] n [U and C]

1.) a serious medical condition in which a person ↑bleeds a lot, sometimes inside their body

▪ He died of a massive brain haemorrhage .

2.) when a company or country loses a lot of money or people very quickly

haemorrhage of

▪ We have seen a haemorrhage of jobs from the region.

haemorrhage ²

haemorrhage² v BrE hemorrhage AmE

1.) [I]

to lose a lot of blood in a very short time

2.) [T]

to lose a lot of something over a short period of time, such as money or jobs

▪ The once prosperous town has hemorrhaged manufacturing jobs over the last 15 years.