Cauterize - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈkɔːtəraɪz|  American pronunciation of the word cauterize
Brit.  |ˈkɔːtəraɪz|  British pronunciation of the word cauterize

verb

- burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent (syn: burn)
The surgeon cauterized the wart
- make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals (syn: callous)

Extra examples

The doctors cauterized the wound.

...time had cauterized his bitterness, and he was willing to let bygones be bygones...

The surgeon cauterized the wart

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: cauterize
he/she/it: cauterizes
present participle: cauterizing
past tense: cauterized
past participle: cauterized
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