Abacination

//əˌbæsɪˈneɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of abacinating, of blinding with the light from hot metal countable, uncountable

    "That blind general lost his sight by the process of abacination."

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"That blind general lost his sight by the process of abacination."

Etymology

From abacinate + -ion.

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