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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Recent Examples of cauterize
If the tumor were excised with anything less than perfect precision, with every vessel meticulously cauterized, catastrophic bleeding into the brain could result.
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David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
Then Musgrove fanned All-Star Freddie Freeman, again cauterizing the bleeding.
—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
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David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
Then Musgrove fanned All-Star Freddie Freeman, again cauterizing the bleeding.
—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
See all Example Sentences for cauterize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cauterize
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Surgery can benefit from real-time AI explanations and XR visualizations to reduce patient anxiety, while oncology can simplify complex treatment plans for better decision making.Alon Zuckerman, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Light pollution significantly reduces visibility of meteors.Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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In recent days, army troops scrambled to Hama in an effort to blunt the rebels’ momentum.Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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The latter measure blunted the risk China’s missile systems pose to U.S. forces near China and allowed the United States to operate more flexibly and resiliently.Rush Doshi, Foreign Affairs, 29 Nov. 2024
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One way of deadening the mind to distractions is by blowing opponents off the court.Tim Ellis, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Simplicity, understood like this, is complexity well tended, just as a long, graceful line is a collection of stubby ones, tamed but not deadened.Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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The previous Traverse wasn't a sports car either, but the height and the width of the new SUV dull its road manners.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Tequila and heroin can only dull the pain for so long before Lee’s desperate yearning for something more cuts through the haze and sends him back out into dingy bars and narrow alleys, prowling with a predatory lust for men.David Opie, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
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Climate change exacerbates the threats with rising temperatures disrupting migration patterns and diminishing the availability of milkweed, the monarch caterpillar's essential food source.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Helping to model that behavior and normalizing outreach for support is a great way to diminish the stigma.Subha Barry, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Because both actors look like lumpish proletarian versions of Ingmar Bergman stars — Alma Pöysti, radiant yet benumbed, plays Ansa like a dish-towel Bibi Andersson, and Jussi Vatanen could be the schlump brother of Max von Sydow (with a dollop of Ryan Gosling).Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 May 2023
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What’s destructive, and eventually benumbing, is the kitchen-sink clutter of fantasy, reality, wish-fulfillment and glib enchantment.Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2019
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Too much water can cause the fibers to weaken, become brittle, and break.Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
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In addition, hiring has slowed a bit in recent months, raising the risk that the economy could weaken in the coming months.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Cauterize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cauterize. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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