Definition of "stanching" [stanching]

• Present participle of stanch. (verb)

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• "According to the Sun-Times, Keane's friend likely saved her life by stanching the blood flow at the time of her injury."
• "Gator farmer Ms. Tillman says she's all for stanching Florida's red ink."
• "Companies large and small are introducing new devices that address some of the signature failures of the Deepwater Horizon blowout—from the equipment that failed to seal the well to the lack of technology for stanching the flow of oil into the Gulf."