stanch

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action d'arrêter l'écoulement d'un liquide, surtout le sang, ou au sens figuré pour faire cesser ou contenir quelque chose d'indésirable.

A verb used to indicate the act of stopping the flow of a liquid, especially blood, or metaphorically to check or stop something undesirable.

1. Stop the flow of bloodC1formalmedical

   To stop or restrict the flow of blood from a wound.

   Arrêter le saignement

   • The nurse used a bandage to stanch the bleeding.
   • He applied pressure to stanch the wound.
   • Doctors worked quickly to stanch the hemorrhage.

   Synonymesarrestcheckcontrolcurbhaltrestrainstemstop

2. Stop or check a flowC1formal

   To stop or prevent the spread or continuation of something, such as a liquid or a problem.

   Endiguer

   • The government tried to stanch the outflow of capital.
   • They built a dam to stanch the floodwaters.
   • Efforts were made to stanch the loss of jobs in the industry.

   Synonymescheckcurbhaltrestrainstemstop

   Antonymesallowencourageincreaseintensifyletpromotereleasestart