Verb cauterize has 2 senses
  1. cauterize, cauterise, burn - burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart"
    --1 is one way to treat, care for
    Derived forms: noun cauterization1, noun cauterant1, noun cautery1, noun cautery2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. callous, cauterize, cauterise - make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
    --2 is one way to inure, harden, indurate
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s somebody
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