cauterized

verb

past tense of cauterize
as in reduced
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cauterized
  1. reduced
  2. blunted
  3. dulled
  4. diminished
  5. weakened
  6. numbed
  7. subsided
  8. deadened
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  • Demand for oil plunged during the war because supply fell sharply and many folks reduced their oil consumption.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • Trump reduced the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah by about 90% each, undoing protections established by former presidents on public lands that are sacred among many Native Americans.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 14 July 2026
Definition of reduced
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  • Decades of declining violent crime have further blunted the public appetite for executions.
    — Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
  • The White House’s Iran negotiations rely on the dollar’s leverage, but Tehran has blunted that weapon by using alternative financial architecture, The Wall Street Journal reported, including payments in yuan or cryptocurrency, and adopting a Chinese alternative to the Swift banking network.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 24 June 2026
Definition of blunted
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  • Ampere’s research appeared to suggest that the influx of romance book adaptations and romance drama in general has dulled the appetite for reality shows about love.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 June 2026
  • Bitch, despite being created with Reed in tandem with My Face Hurts From Smiling, leans more pop and R&B with lyrics that may have been dulled down for palatability.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2026
Definition of dulled
Verb
  • The union said that unresolved complaints made against Hawk and existing climate issues have significantly diminished confidence among many educators.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026
  • Mason, 22, is now hailed as a rising superstar, while Bell's championship aspirations may have diminished.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of diminished
Verb
  • Some frogs may have been sleeping, weakened, injured, or otherwise compromised before being captured.
    — Jay Kakade July 13, New Atlas, 14 July 2026
  • Most people who are exposed to Legionella bacteria don’t get sick at all, but vulnerable groups can include people who are over 50, who vape or smoke, or who have weakened immune systems or underlying health conditions like diabetes or lung disease.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
Definition of weakened
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  • After ensuring the donor area is properly numbed, the medical team will remove individual hair grafts one by one with tiny punches.
    — Ethan Stone, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
  • At the urgent care unit, the area was numbed and a small incision was made.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Definition of numbed
Verb
  • Violence flared and subsided periodically, and Lebanon and Israel reached ceasefire agreements in 1993, 1996 and after a 2006 war.
    — Anthony Wanis-St John, The Conversation, 10 July 2026
  • Execution remains the big question, but doubts around Apple's strategy have largely subsided.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz,Zev Fima, CNBC, 10 July 2026
Definition of subsided
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  • Exposing the dental pulp and cleaning out the cavity’s contents also would have deadened the nerves and blood vessels there, leading to pain relief, Zubova said.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
  • Merrill had the same impulse—the need to become a self not necessarily free of all that money could buy but not crippled or deadened by it, either.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026
Definition of deadened
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