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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Seared

/sĭrd/ · IPA /sˈɪrd/
01 a. Scorched; cauterized; hence, figuratively, insensible; not susceptible to moral influences.
  1. 1.
    Scorched; cauterized; hence, figuratively, insensible; not susceptible to moral influences.
    “A seared conscience and a remorseless heart.” Macaulay.