cauterize
Word family nouncautercauterantcauterismcauterizationverbcauterizeadjectivecauterizing
cau·ter·ize (also cauterise British EnglishBrE) /ˈkɔːtəraɪz $ ˈkɒː-/ verb [transitiveT] cauterize• Electrodiathermy to cauterize the cervix requires a general anaesthetic and is falling into disuse.• If you're working class, you cauterize the working class in you.• But do they really cauterize the wounds of historical separation and loss?• Maybe he should have cauterized those aspects of himself long since.• He tried to scream the name but his throat felt as if it had been cauterized with a hot iron. Origin cauterize (1500-1600) French cautériser, from
Latin, from
cauterium “cauterizing tool”, from
Greek, from
kaiein;
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