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to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling
- time had cauterized his bitterness, and he was willing to let bygones be bygones
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“Cauterize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cauterize. Accessed 1 Dec. 2021.
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