outbleed

English

Etymology

From out- +‎ bleed.

Noun

outbleed (plural outbleeds)

1. The bleeding or release of air from a system.
   • 1953, Eli Reshotko, Preliminary Investigation of a Perforated Axially Symmetric nozzle for varying nozzle pressure ratios:

     With shrouding to prevent this outbleed, thrusts 5 to 10 percent less than those of the unperforated nozzle were obtained.

   • 1956, Rudolf Hermann, Supersonic inlet diffusers and introduction to internal aerodynamics, page 34:

     The mass flow m is constant along the duct, that is no mass flow inbleed or outbleed occurs;

   • 1985, NASA Technical Memorandum - Issues 86378-86405, page 4:

     Control of the moisture within the tunnel circuit is maintained with the dry-air inbleed and outbleed system (described in ref. 9) in conjunction with a water-injection system.

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.
   • 1963, Show: The Magazine of the Performing Arts - Volume 3, Part 2, page 28:

     And there is enough gore to outbleed “Ben-Hur.”

   • 1987, Douglas A. McIntyre, Karen S. Hull, The Harvard advocate anniversary anthology, page 319:

     But my heart is bigger than your heart, And I will outbleed you.

   • 1989, Books - Volumes 3-4, page 52:

     Though one autumn morning poppies may suddenly flare out in full bloom, their skirts outrageously seeming to outbleed a maimed human being

   • 2014, Piers Anthony, Letters to Jenny:

     Now he realizes that he has more blood than she does, and can probably outbleed her, but he's about to faint even, before cutting himself, and he decides to forfeit, and she wins. Never get into a bleeding contest with a suicidal girl!

2. (transitive, figurative) To win (a battle) by being willing to accept more casualties or injuries.
   • 1915, Fordham College Monthly - Volume 34, page 21:

     The conflict in Europe must inevitably show that the standard of justice is not established by the power of one nation to outbleed another.

   • 2019, S. C. Gwynne, Hymns of the Republic, page 60:

     Warren had tried to act rationally and humanely under a general whose main strategy was to bludgeon his opponent to death, to outbleed him.

Anagrams

• bleed out