cauterize

cauterize has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• v. t.. To burn or sear with a cautery or caustic.
• v. t.. To sear, as the conscience.
• v.. make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
• v.. burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart"