branding iron

A governor who vetoed Republican bills byburning the word “VETO” onto them using a branding iron.

A felony conviction burns through the skin deeper than any white-hot branding iron.

The overwhelming relief in her face, burned into Wade's soul like a branding-iron.

The hot branding-iron was then clapped against their shoulder, and was received by a roar of rage and pain.

He stared at the letter, and certain sentences in it seemed to sear him, even as the branding-iron used on a felon might.

As the man fell to the ground, just outside the door, the branding-iron slipped from his hand.

As we started in with him, she struck me over the head with a branding iron, and I had to drop Charlie at her feet.