Abacinate (verb)
ab-ass-in-ayt
To blind by placing red-hot irons or reflective metal plates in front of the eyes.
Well that’s just hideous isn’t it? From Italian, abbacinare. Also abbacinate.
Example sentences
“They wouldn’t tell so he was abacinated”
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