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Cauterise

verb
1.
Burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent.  Synonyms: burn, cauterize.
2.
Make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals.  Synonyms: callous, cauterize.






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"Cauterise" Quotes from Famous Books



... the country, Doctor Glasson. I must apologise for them. Butts, bring some brandy and water to the drawing-room. . . . Not bitten, I hope? If the skin's broken we had better cauterise." ...
— True Tilda • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch



Words linked to "Cauterise" :   inure, cauterisation, care for, treat, cauterize, scorch, harden, sear, cautery, indurate, burn



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