cauterize, v.
(cauterized, cauterizes, cauterizing)
(cauterized, cauterizes, cauterizing)
make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
<verb.change>
callous cauterise cauterize
verb frames
Something ----s somebodyverb frames
Something ----s somebodyverb frames
Something ----s somebody
semantic pointers
hypernym
burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
burn cauterise cauterize
sample sentences
"The surgeon cauterized the wart"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form