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Meanings of
cauterize
in English
Portuguese
cauterizar
Catalan
insensibilitzar
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Make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals.
burn
callous
cauterise
Portuguese
cauterizar
Synonyms
Examples for "
burn
"
burn
callous
cauterise
Examples for "
burn
"
1
I don't think
burn
-
out
is going to be a problem, Jarrett said.
2
Like health professionals, teachers and social workers, parents are vulnerable to
burn
-
out
.
3
They say they need to
burn
more energy to help end poverty.
4
Entrepreneurs need everything, including health insurance. Minimize his or her
burn
rate.
5
Haze from
slash
-
and
-
burn
forest fires was not mentioned as a safety concern.
1
On second thought, I retract my earlier
callous
remarks about the Moon.
2
I know he can seem
callous
,
but he really does love Alejandra.
3
The scorn in those hollow eyes burned even through his
callous
nature.
4
But it has also been cut-off by
callous
governments and sneering politicians.
5
Thompson, British authority on guerrilla warfare, upraids us for our
callous
approach.
1
Does not the surgeon also
cauterise
and cut us for our good?
2
The plans of the Collective to
cauterise
the ingress of militia had been stymied.
3
Someone needs to step up to the fore and
cauterise
the degradation before it's too late.
4
The mawkish inscriptions and epitaphs seek to
cauterise
the grief, to fix it for a while.
5
The young woman understood this, and she endeavoured to
cauterise
the bad place with the fire of her caresses.
Usage of
cauterize
in English
1
Now, may I arise, or shall it be necessary to
cauterize
my wounds?
2
Well, I offered to
cauterize
it with the poker in the office stove.
3
It's a blue box that we use to
cauterize
the skin.
4
There's still time to
cauterize
the canker before it putrefies, George.
5
Another shirtless guy using fire to
cauterize
his wound, Rambo III.
6
Essex was the man who would
cauterize
the long-standing sores.
7
But I guess we'd better get back to the barracks and
cauterize
these bites.
8
I will cut it out; I will
cauterize
it while you lay there writhing.
9
Work would cure him, work would
cauterize
the wounds.
10
Goggles The good thing about getting zapped with a laser: The wound will
cauterize
instantly.
11
Long lents, and no lampreys allowed, would soon
cauterize
the proud flesh of heretical ethics.
12
Cut, clean, and
cauterize
.
She looked up at him.
13
He wants to
cauterize
his heart and nerve.
14
If you don't
cauterize
it, then it spreads.
15
Don't worry, you won't bleed to death; I've got irons in the fire to
cauterize
them.
16
IT WAS tedious work; they had to reheat the dagger several times to
cauterize
all the wounds.
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cauterize
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
cauterize the wound
cauterize a stump
cauterize instantly
cauterize reputational
cauterize with nitrate
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Translations for
cauterize
Portuguese
cauterizar
Catalan
insensibilitzar
cauteritzar
Cauterize
through the time