Both Uses of
hemorrhage
in
All Quiet on the Western Front
- Their condition is hopeless, they choke to death with haemorrhages and suffocation.†
p. 131.4 *unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it hemorrhages.
- But the third night he calls out to us, telling us to ring, he thinks he has a haemorrhage.†
p. 254.5unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it hemorrhage.
Definitions:
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(1)
(hemorrhage) severe bleeding -- typically inside the body
or:
(figurative use) to describe any rapid loss -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Hemorrhage is also used figuratively as in: The company is hemorrhaging cash.