cauterize

Example Sentences

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"And then when things really come to a head, they try to cauterize the wound at the lowest level possible."

From Salon

Where life wounds, art and fellowship can heal, or at the very least, cauterize into the most expressive of scars.

From Los Angeles Times

And while digitally sampled strings and reverb-drenched production significantly dull these special acoustic effects, the associations we’ve long drawn between strings and all things sad, somber and serious are cauterized into our cultural consciousness.

From Washington Post

You cauterize its deeper human potential, and end up with kitsch.

From Washington Post

He never mentions that catastrophe, although it essentially cauterized his heart, which now has room only for modern art.

From Washington Post