[
US
/ˈkɔtɝaɪz/
]
VERB
- make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
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burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
The surgeon cauterized the wart
How To Use cauterize In A Sentence
- A Dutch inventor proposes replacing the traditional dental drill with a ‘plasma needle’, a device that despite being cold and painless to the touch will kill dead cells and cauterise the surroundings. Plasma Dentistry | Blog | Futurismic
- But do they really cauterize the wounds of historical separation and loss?
- The noble cavalier characterized," "& a rebellious caviller cauterized," 1644 _or_ 5. Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters
- Sources who tracked the investigation tell Newsmax that the main target of the breach was the Obama passport file, and that the contractor accessed the file in order to "cauterize" the records of potentially embarrassing information. Nice Deb
- There has never been a stronger case for firm and united action by the governments of both India and Pakistan to cauterize the cancer in their midst.
- The ulcers should be scraped or curetted and cauterized with lunar caustic, and the mouth washed daily with a two per cent water solution of a cresol disinfectant. Common Diseases of Farm Animals
- Without a word to anyone, she calmly went indoors, picked up a red-hot iron and cauterized the wound herself. Five Best: John Matteson
- There has never been a stronger case for firm and united action by the governments of both India and Pakistan to cauterise the cancer in their midst. Shashi Tharoor: Keep up the spirit to fight
- I want the Cheney's and the Bush's to know, and I want the party-first-f*cking-flunkies to know, when they are right they have allies but when they are wrong they have enemies and they are not the only ones in the world willing to fight and to die and if necessary, reluctantly for the greater good of humanity, to kill and to cauterise a cancer. Clone Cindy's Pelosi Strategy In Your Backyard
- He cauterized the wound with a piece of red-hot iron.