cauterize

Example Sentences

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Once they found the ulcer, they cauterized it and gave him two pints of blood.

From Seattle Times

"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