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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
Dictionary Results for cauterize:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
cauterize
    v 1: burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric
         current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the
         wart" [syn: cauterize, cauterise, burn]
    2: make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals [syn:
       callous, cauterize, cauterise]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cauterize \Cau"ter*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cauterized; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Cauterizing.] [L. cauterizare, Gr. ?, fr. a
   branding iron: cf. F. caut['e]rised.. See cauter.]
   1. To burn or sear with a cautery or caustic. --Dunglison.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To sear, as the conscience. --Jer. Taylor.
      [1913 Webster]
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