0 past simple and past participle of staunch
1 to stop something happening, or to stop liquid, especially blood, from flowing out:
Jaufre pardons him, and has his wounds staunched.
If the bleeding is not staunched to the referee's satisfaction, the player must then leave the field for further attention.
In order to cure any illness, repentance was a crucial factor in ensuring that the loss of qi could be staunched.
Britain's shipping is suffering from a haemorrhage, with no signs of it being staunched.
The blood has not been staunched.
In the national interest, we must all hope that the flow of early retirement of those who wish to go into civilian life will be staunched.
There is never enough money to do all the work because there is always a problem: when the crisis is staunched in one area, problems can arise in another.
If, instead of abandoning the pledge, they had renewed it, that would have been the one thing that would have staunched the flow coming into this country.
