cauterize

Example Sentences

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She dives deep into psychologist Harry Harlow’s outrageously cruel experiments in maternal and social deprivation with rhesus monkeys, painting a chilling portrait of this emotionally cauterized man.

From Los Angeles Times

Lovullo said McKay was “resting comfortably” and had a “little procedure to cauterize the spleen and everything is thumbs up right now.”

From Seattle Times

They also used it to cauterize wounds and seal canoes.

From New York Times

The nation’s repeatedly cauterized racial wound has continued to fester and is now dangerously erupting.

From National Geographic

“We’re getting less than half of that, which is why I say it doesn’t really provide full stabilization, but it does cauterize the hemorrhaging,” he said.

From Washington Post