staunching
present participle ofstaunch
staunch
verb[T]
uk/stɔːntʃ/us/stɑːntʃ/(USalsostanch)tostopsomethinghappening, or tostopliquid,especiallyblood, fromflowingout:
The country'sasylumlawswereamendedto staunch theflow/floodofeconomicmigrants.
Mikepressedhard on thewoundand staunched theflowofblood.
Causing something to end
- abandon
- abandonment
- all good things (must) come to an endidiom
- and have done with itidiom
- be over the humpidiom
- cure
- jacksomethingin
- killsomethingstone-deadidiom
- knock
- knock off (something)
- lay
- lay the ghost ofsomething(to rest)idiom
- lid
- lift
- raise
- stanch
- staunch
- stem
- stopper
- stranglesomethingat birthidiom
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Movement of liquids
Examplesofstaunching
staunching
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
But, of course, these short-term measures are in themselves onlystaunchingthe wound.
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That would be the best way ofstaunchingthe flow of asylum seekers and refugees.
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Most of us regard that as quite a different proposition fromstaunchingan outflow of public funds which are subsidising post offices.
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From that, even when incentives existed, we can;see that investment was declining and the incentives had no effect instaunchingthe flow away from investment.
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What was more natural, therefore, than to set up a track authority looking after infrastructure subsidy and, it was hoped,staunchingthe ever-growing demand for railway subsidies?
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In antiquity, yarrow was known as "herbal militaris", for its use instaunchingthe flow of blood from wounds.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The process is particularly important instaunchinghemorrhage and acute blood loss.
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