cauterize

cauterize is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To burn or sear with a cautery or caustic. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 22 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 20 · Words With Friends 22 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To burn or sear with a cautery or caustic.
2. transitive verb. To sear, as the conscience.
3. verb. make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals

   Synonyms: callous, cauterise

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

   "The surgeon cauterized the wart"

   Synonyms: burn, cauterise

Synonyms

callous, cauterise, burn

Common word forms

cauterized, cauterizer, cauterizes, cauterizing

Words from these letters

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