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to abacinate

to abacinate

1 9.9
To blind someone by holding a very hot metal plate close to their eyes
  • verb
  • /ˈæbəˌsaɪneɪt/
  • Offensive
: cegar
  • Historical records indicate that some rulers would abacinate their enemies as a form of punishment.

Examples

  • The cruel captors threatened to abacinate the prisoners if they did not confess.

  • After being abacinated, the victim was left permanently blind and in agony.

  • The villain attempted to abacinate his enemies.

  • They abacinated the prisoner as a cruel punishment.

  • The cruel king decided to abacinate his traitors to instill fear in his subjects.

  • In ancient times, some torturers would abacinate captured criminals as a horrific punishment.

  • They warned the captured spies that they might abacinate them if they did not reveal their secrets.

Synonyms

to blind
vsto abacinate
97 3.7

To make someone unable to see, temporarily or forever

is performed by holding a red hot metal plate near someone's eyes
to dazzle
vsto abacinate
1 4.1

To make someone unable to see clearly because of a very bright light

is harsher and uses a red hot metal plate to cause lasting sight loss

Antonyms

to restore
122 3.8

Make someone feel healthy and full of energy again

Surface Forms

abacinate infinitive
abacinated past
abacinated past participle
abacinating present participle
abacinates third person singular

Etymology

Abacinate comes from Latin and originally described blinding someone by holding a red-hot metal plate close to their eyes. A helpful way to remember it is to see ab- as 'away' and think of the word as taking sight 'away' with heat, so abacinate means to make someone blind in this cruel way.