as in to reduce
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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Then Musgrove fanned All-Star Freddie Freeman, again cauterizing the bleeding.
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Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2024
To stop the bleeding, a doctor, who had no access to antiseptic or anesthesia, heated the blade of a kitchen knife and cauterized the wound.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2024
The aim has been to use the fat and the heat to cauterize and seal the wound.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2024
We are left with wounds cauterized by gatekeepers as payment, blistering from the denial of our humanity.
—Jessica Hoppe, refinery29.com, 26 Sep. 2023
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Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2024
To stop the bleeding, a doctor, who had no access to antiseptic or anesthesia, heated the blade of a kitchen knife and cauterized the wound.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2024
The aim has been to use the fat and the heat to cauterize and seal the wound.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2024
We are left with wounds cauterized by gatekeepers as payment, blistering from the denial of our humanity.
—Jessica Hoppe, refinery29.com, 26 Sep. 2023
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“Cauterize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cauterize. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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