About The Word Cauterize
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Cauterize
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What's The Definition Of Cauterize?
[v] make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
[v] burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart" Synonyms | Synonyms for Cauterize: burn | callous | cauterise Related Terms | Find terms related to Cauterize: blaze | blister | brand | burn | burn in | burn off | cast | char | coal | crack | cupel | flame | found | oxidate | oxidize | parch | pyrolyze | scorch | sear | singe | solder | swinge | torrefy | vesicate | vulcanize | weld See Also | care for | harden | indurate | inure | scorch | sear | treat Cauterize In Webster's Dictionary \Cau"ter*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cauterized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Cauterizing}.] [L. cauterizare, Gr. ?, fr. a
branding iron: cf. F. caut['e]rised.. See {cauter}.]
1. To burn or sear with a cautery or caustic. --Dunglison.
2. To sear, as the conscience. --Jer. Taylor.
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