Usage 1: The process is abacination and those inclined to alter the views of others in this way are abacinators. People and objects capable of blinding with heat are abacinative (the adjective).
Suggested usage: Here is one of the more useful words we have recently brought to the attention of those bent on obfuscation rather than clarification. "Have you been abacinated?" can now replace "Are you blind?" when people fail to comprehend the point you are making. They will, no doubt, then fail to comprehend this one, too, multiplying your success in obfuscation. Even those of us who speak to clarify, however, sometimes talk ourselves into metaphors requiring an expression stronger than "blind:" "The minister's fiery sermons abacinated the congregation to his misbehavior around the office."
Etymology: From Medieval Latin "abacinare" based on ab "off, out" + bacin-us "basin, cup," suggesting that the process was originally one of eye removal, equally effective in changing the view of an opponent. Today's word is brought to you as a reminder of just how far we have brought civilization in but a few hundred years. (Today's word was suggested by Iain McLeod of Wellington, New Zealand, a place where, I would suggest, someone might discreetly inquire about the law enforcement procedures.)