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CAUTERISE

Dictionary entry overview: What does cauterise mean?

• CAUTERISE (verb)
The verb CAUTERISE has 2 senses:

1. burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
2. make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals

Familiarity information: CAUTERISE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CAUTERISE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

cauterise; cauterize; burn

Context example:

The surgeon cauterized the wart

Hypernyms (to "cauterise" is one way to...):

care for; treat (provide treatment for)

"Cauterise" entails doing...:

scorch; sear (make very hot and dry)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

callous; cauterise; cauterize

Hypernyms (to "cauterise" is one way to...):

harden; indurate; inure (cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

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