cauterize
verb
1 cauterize
Burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent:
— The surgeon cauterized the wart.
synonyms: burn, cauterise.
Roget 384:
heat,
warm,
chafe,
stive†,
foment;
make hot
etc.
382;
sun oneself,
sunbathe.
go up in flames,
burn to the ground
(flame)
382.
fire;
set fire to,
set on fire;
kindle,
enkindle,
light,
ignite,
strike a light;
apply the match to,
apply the torch to;
rekindle,
relume†;
fan the flame,
add fuel to the flame;
poke the fire,
stir the fire,
blow the fire;
make a bonfire of.
melt,
thaw,
fuse;
liquefy
etc.
335.
burn,
inflame,
roast,
toast,
fry,
grill,
singe,
parch,
bake,
torrefy†,
scorch;
brand,
cauterize,
sear,
burn in;
corrode,
char,
calcine,
incinerate;
smelt,
scorify†;
reduce to ashes;
burn to a cinder;
commit to the flames,
consign to the flames.
boil,
digest,
stew,
cook,
seethe,
scald,
parboil,
simmer;
do to rags.
take fire,
catch fire;
blaze
etc.
(flame)
382.
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Dutch: toebranden
2 cauterize
Make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals.
synonyms: callous, cauterise.
Moby thesaurus: blaze, blister, brand, burn, burn in, burn off, cast, char, coal, crack, cupel, flame, found, oxidate, oxidize, parch, pyrolyze, scorch, sear, singe, solder, swinge, torrefy, vesicate, vulcanize, weld ... show more.
cauterizer
noun
Roget 384:
increase of temperature;
heating
etc.
v.;
calefaction†,
tepefaction†,
torrefaction†;
melting,
fusion;
liquefaction
etc.
335;
burning
etc.
v.;
ambustion†,
combustion;
incension†,
accension†;
concremation†,
cremation;
scorification†;
cautery,
cauterization;
ustulation†,
calcination;
cracking,
refining;
incineration,
cineration†;
carbonization;
cupellation [Chem].
ignition,
inflammation,
adustion†,
flagration†;
deflagration,
conflagration;
empyrosis†,
incendiarism;
arson;
auto dafe [Fr.].
boiling
etc.
v.;
coction†,
ebullition,
estuation†,
elixation†,
decoction;
ebullioscope†;
geyser;
distillation
(vaporization)
336.
furnace
etc.
386;
blanket,
flannel,
fur;
wadding
etc.
(lining)
224;
clothing
etc.
225.
still;
refinery;
fractionating column,
fractionating tower,
cracking tower.
match
etc.
(fuel)
388;
incendiary;
petroleuse [Fr.];
[biological effects resembling the effects of heat]
[substances causing a burning sensation and damage on skin or tissue]
cauterizer†;
caustic,
lunar caustic,
alkali,
apozem†,
moxa†;
acid,
aqua fortis [Lat.],
aqua regia;
catheretic†,
nitric acid,
nitrochloro-hydric acid,
nitromuriatic acid;
radioactivity,
gamma rays,
alpha particles,
beta rays,
X-rays,
radiation,
cosmic radiation,
background radiation,
radioactive isotopes,
tritium,
uranium,
plutonium,
radon,
radium.
sunstroke,
coup de soleil [Fr.];
insolation.
[artifacts requiring heat in their manufacture]
pottery,
ceramics,
crockery,
porcelain,
china;
earthenware,
stoneware;
pot,
mug,
terra cotta [Sp.],
brick,
clinker.
[products of combustion]
cinder,
ash,
scoriae,
embers,
soot;
slag.
[products of heating organic materials]
coke,
carbon,
charcoal;
wood alcohol,
turpentine,
tea tree oil;
gasoline,
kerosene,
naptha,
fuel oil
(fuel)
388;
wax,
paraffin;
residue,
tar.
inflammability,
combustibility.
[Transmission of heat]
diathermancy†,
transcalency†,
conduction;
convection;
radiation,
radiant heat;
heat conductivity,
conductivity.
[effects of heat 2]
thermal expansion;
coefficient of expansion.
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