hemorrhage

noun

1. (US, countable, uncountable)A heavy release of blood within or from the body.

   “We got news that he died of a hemorrhage.”

2. (US, countable, figuratively, uncountable)A sudden or significant loss

   “the fiscal hemorrhage that has resulted from financial globalization”

verb

1. (US, intransitive)To bleed copiously.

   “The patient is hemorrhaging!”

2. (US, figuratively, transitive)To lose (something) in copious and detrimental quantities.

   “The company hemorrhaged money until eventually it went bankrupt.”

   ““That in itself is important for [Iran’s] longer game and their broader strategic objectives,” says Dr. [Sanam] Vakil. “I think they were trying to force Israel to think twice, in order to stop the hemorrhaging around the region of their individuals and of their position.””