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outbled

outbled is the simple past and past participle of outbleed.

Meaning of outbleed

Verb

outbleed (third-person singular simple present outbleeds, present participle outbleeding, simple past and past participle outbled)

  1. (transitive) To bleed more than; to lose more blood than.
    • And there is enough gore to outbleed “Ben-Hur.”1963, Show: The Magazine of the Performing Arts - Volume 3, Part 2, page 28
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To win (a battle) by being willing to accept more casualties or injuries.
    • The conflict in Europe must inevitably show that the standard of justice is not established by the power of one nation to outbleed another.1915, Fordham College Monthly - Volume 34, page 21

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Questions about outbled

What is outbled the simple past and past participle of?
Outbled is the simple past and past participle of outbleed.

Words near outbled in the dictionary

  1. outblazing
  2. outbleat
  3. outbleated
  4. outbleating
  5. outbleats
  6. outbled
  7. outbleed
  8. outbleeding
  9. outbleeds
  10. outbless
  11. outblessed

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