hemorrhage

Etymology

From Latin haemorrhagia, from Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία (haimorrhagía, “a violent bleeding”), from αἱμορραγής (haimorrhagḗs, “bleeding violently”), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -ραγία (-ragía), from ῥηγνύναι (rhēgnúnai, “to break, burst”).

noun

1. A heavy release of blood within or from the body.
   We got news that he died of a hemorrhage.
2. (figurative) A sudden or significant loss
   the fiscal hemorrhage that has resulted from financial globalization

verb

1. (intransitive) To bleed copiously.
   He's hemorrhaging!
2. (transitive, figurative) To lose (something) in copious and detrimental quantities.
   The company hemorrhaged money until eventually it went bankrupt.