Definitions for cauterize
ˈkɔ təˌraɪzcau·ter·ize

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cauterize, cauterise, burnverb

   burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent

   "The surgeon cauterized the wart"

2. callous, cauterize, cauteriseverb

   make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cauterizeverb

   To burn, sear, or freeze tissue using a hot iron, electric current or a caustic agent.

2. Etymology: From cauteriser, from cauterizare, from καυτηριάζω, from καυτήρ, from καίειν.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Cauterizeverb

   To burn with the cautery.

   Etymology: cauteriser, Fr.

   For each true word a blister, and each false,
   Be cauterizing to the root o’ th’ tongue,
   Consuming it with speaking. William Shakespeare, Timon.

   No marvel though cantharides have such a corrosive and cauterizing quality; for there is not one other of the insecta, but is bred of a duller matter. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   The design of the cautery is to prevent the canal from closing; but the operators confess, that, in persons cauterized, the tears trickle down ever after. Samuel Sharp, Surgery.

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1. cauterize

   Cauterize refers to the act of using heat, electricity, or a chemical substance to burn, sear or destroy tissue, typically to prevent an infection or stop bleeding during a surgical procedure. It can also refer to the process of making something less harmful or more moderate.

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1. Cauterizeverb

   to burn or sear with a cautery or caustic

2. Cauterizeverb

   to sear, as the conscience

3. Etymology: [L. cauterizare, Gr. , fr. a branding iron: cf. F. cautrised.. See cauter.]

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1. Cauterize

   Cauterize was an alternative rock band from Canada, active from 1995 to 2007. In 2003, Cauterize’s first single Something Beautiful was released, with its only music video, was broadcast on the web site muchloud.com. Its second and third singles Choke and Killing Me were used in Nintendo's 1080 Avalanche video game and commercials, with a hidden live video within the game. Also in 2003, Cauterize recorded its 3rd CD, So Far From Real, produced by Murray Daigle. The band toured with Evanescence, Three Days Grace, and Hoobastank. It ceased touring, but in 2005 produced an independently-released second album, Paper Wings, the band having left Wind-up Records. The same year, the band's personnel was augmented with guitarist Chuck Coles. Coles subsequently played in heavy metal band Brown Brigade, and has started a southern rock collaboration with Cauterize drummer Matt Worobec. In 2006 Darrin Pfeiffer, Cauterize’s new manager, founded record label, High 4 Records, to promote Canadian Talent; Cauterize was one of his first acts. The band re-recorded a number of tracks from Paper Wings, and new material, with Greig Nori ; the new album, re-released in 2007 as Disguises, with songs Closer and Minor Key Symphony as single releases, was unsuccessful in securing radio play and sales.

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1. cauterize

   Song lyrics by cauterize -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by cauterize on the Lyrics.com website.

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1. • Burn
   • Harden
   • Treat

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cauterize in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cauterize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of cauterize in a Sentence

1. David Folkenflik:

   Looking back to previous scandals, Murdoch and the companies have tended to try to pay early and quietly to make things go away, or they ignore them thinking they’re so big they can ride things out, and then when things really come to a head, they try to cauterize the wound at the lowest level possible.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cauterize
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cauterize
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=cauterize
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cauterize
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=cauterize
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=cauterize