'stanch' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is a verb which means to stop or check the flow of liquid or blood. Example: He staunched the wound with a bandage to stop the bleeding.
In 1997 Nyembe was a victim of the rise in violent crime that not even then president Mandela could stanch.
Ron Dermer, Israel's ambassador to the United States, attempted to stanch some of the diplomatic fallout but also made clear that Netanyahu would not change his positions against talks with Iran and some Palestinian leaders to better fit Obama's preferences.
The tax, called the IOF, was implemented to stanch the flow of "hot" money into the country (flows that caused the real to appreciate).
These policies, designed to stanch financial collapse and prevent a plunge in its currency, helped stabilise the economy.
Fifteen gynaecologists served 32,000 female prisoners, many of whom use bread to stanch menstrual bleeding.Dante would blanchCriminal gangs have filled the vacuum left by the state.
By giving retirees more say over their pension pots, a more ambitious ploy, he must hope to stanch the seepage of silver-haired Tory voters to the UK Independence Party, which has no economic policy to speak of.
As Abdullah Gul, the president, recently conceded, no restrictions can completely stanch the flow of dirt.Mr Gul has drawn his share of criticism for signing the controversial internet and judiciary laws, albeit with objections, some of which were taken into account through revisions.
The basic agreement, in any event, is that Hamas must stop firing rockets; it will presumably stanch the flow of smuggled arms into Gaza, while Israel would stop its incursions and aerial attacks, desist from assassinating Hamas bigwigs, and loosen its stranglehold on Gaza, with its harsh restrictions on the movement of people and goods, often labelled as a cruel siege.
Prop 30, or something like it, may have been necessary to stanch California's budgetary bleeding.
MEDICAL science is hazy about many things, but doctors agree that if a patient is losing pints of blood all over the carpet, it is a good idea to stanch his wounds.
But Saabs, with their rally-winning heritage and powerful turbo-charged engines, appealed to discerning buyers who valued understated Swedish design and innovative technology.Sadly, under GM those qualities were steadily diluted in an ill-judged attempt to stanch the losses that Saab made in all but one of the American firm's 20 years of stewardship.
