stanch
stanch1 / stônch; stänch/ (also staunch) • v. [tr.] stop or restrict (a flow of blood) from a wound: colleagues may have saved her life by stanching the flow| fig. the company did nothing to stanch the tide of rumors. ∎ stop the flow of blood from (a wound).stanch2 • adj. variant spelling of staunch1 (sense 2).
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