Today's Word "stanch"
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stanch \STONCH; STANCH\ (transitive verb) - To stop the flowing of; to check in its course; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, "to stanch a wound."
"The gun with which Jake had been shot was of such a high caliber, and had hit him in such a critical area, that the blood flowed from him rapidly with no evident way for it to be staunched."
Stanch is from Old French estancher, "to stop a liquid from flowing."
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