| VERB | change | cauterise, cauterize, burn | burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | cauterise, callous, cauterize | make insensitive or callous |
| Meaning | Burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | cauterize, burn | |
| Entails | sear, scorch | make very hot and dry |
| Broader | burn | Burn with heat, fire, or radiation |
| treat, care for | Provide treatment for | |
| Spanish | cauterizar, foguear, incendiar | |
| Catalan | cauteritzar, incendiar | |
| Nouns | cautery, cauterisation | the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing |
| cautery | an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it | |
| Meaning | make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | callous, cauterize | |
| Broader | inure, harden, indurate | Cause to accept or become hardened to |
| Spanish | insensibilizar | |
| Catalan | insensibilitzar | |
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