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Cauterize v. t. (past & past part. cauterized; pres. part. cauterizing)

To burn or sear with a cautery or caustic.

To sear, as the conscience.

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Etymology of 'Cauterize'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cauterize" Quotes from Famous Books

... defended as a trial of endurance, but the earlier and better monks were right in rejecting it, for in itself it is an unedifying spectacle and it points to the logical conclusion that, if it is meritorious to cauterize the head, it is still more meritorious to burn the whole body. Cases of suicide by burning appear to have occurred in recent years, especially in the province of Che-Kiang.[880] The true doctrine of the ...

— Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3) • Charles Eliot

... therefore, Foedora saw the deathblow of her influence and her ability to please. An epigram of his, made at the Opera the day before, was already known in the salons of Paris. The biting edge of that terrible speech had already given the Countess an incurable wound. We know how to cauterize a wound, but we know of no treatment as yet for the stab of a phrase. As every other woman in the house looked by turns at her and at the Marquis, Foedora would have consigned them all to the oubliettes of some Bastille; for in spite of her capacity for dissimulation, ...

— The Magic Skin • Honore de Balzac

Words linked to "Cauterize" : callous, treat, cauterise, cauterant, inure, sear