cauterise

cauterise is a 9-letter English word with 2 senses as verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. verb. make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals

   Synonyms: callous, cauterize

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

   "The surgeon cauterized the wart"

   Synonyms: burn, cauterize

Synonyms

callous, cauterize, burn

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in cauterise:

cauteries, eucrasite

Common word forms

cauterised, cauterises, cauterising

Words from these letters

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