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Word | Cauterize |
burn or sear (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; The surgeon cauterized the wart / to seal a wound / To burn or sear with a cautery or caustic. / make insensitive or callous / burn with hot iron or caustic / burn the skin or flesh of (a wound) with a heated instrument or caustic substance, typically to stop bleeding or prevent the wound from becoming infected. / medical : to burn (something, such as a wound) with heat or a chemical substance in order to destroy infected tissue, | |
Usage | ⇒ In order to prevent infection, the doctor cauterized the wound. ⇒ The doctors cauterized the wound. ⇒ The man cauterized the wound, stopping the blood loss. |
Synonyms | sear, burn, singe, char, brand, cauterise, scorch, callous, bake, burn in, disinfect, bite, blaze, burn off, clean, fire, flame, incinerate, oxidize, parch, |
Antonyms | engorge, glut, gobble, gorge, gormandize, gourmandize, guzzle, ingurgitate, last, overeat, overindulge, scarf, |
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