Cauterize
verb
To burn a part of a body to stop bleeding or to prevent infection.
The surgeon had to cauterize the wound to stop the bleeding.
Often appears as...
- cauterize a wound
- cauterize the bleeding
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To make someone or something emotionless or not affected by something anymore.
His heart was cauterized by years of rejection.
Often appears as...
- cauterize the feelings
- cauterize the pain
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
verb
To burn a part of a body to stop bleeding or to prevent infection.
The surgeon had to cauterize the wound to stop the bleeding.
Often appears as...
- cauterize a wound
- cauterize the bleeding
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To make someone or something emotionless or not affected by something anymore.
His heart was cauterized by years of rejection.
Often appears as...
- cauterize the feelings
- cauterize the pain
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Urgency
Used in medical situations where immediate action is needed to stop bleeding.
After the accident, doctors had to cauterize his leg to prevent further blood loss.
Pro Tip 2/3Pre-infection Measure
It highlights the preventative action to avoid infection following an injury.
To ensure the patient's safety, the open tissue was cauterized.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Literal
Sometimes, it's used figuratively to describe a harsh, damaging response to a problem.
The government's strategy was to cauterize the corruption outbreak harshly.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Urgency
Used in medical situations where immediate action is needed to stop bleeding.
After the accident, doctors had to cauterize his leg to prevent further blood loss.
Pro Tip 2/3Pre-infection Measure
It highlights the preventative action to avoid infection following an injury.
To ensure the patient's safety, the open tissue was cauterized.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Literal
Sometimes, it's used figuratively to describe a harsh, damaging response to a problem.
The government's strategy was to cauterize the corruption outbreak harshly.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Urgency
Used in medical situations where immediate action is needed to stop bleeding.
After the accident, doctors had to cauterize his leg to prevent further blood loss.
Pro Tip 2/3Pre-infection Measure
It highlights the preventative action to avoid infection following an injury.
To ensure the patient's safety, the open tissue was cauterized.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Literal
Sometimes, it's used figuratively to describe a harsh, damaging response to a problem.
The government's strategy was to cauterize the corruption outbreak harshly.
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Video examples
Michael Pollan: A...
in some rough balance with the leaf mass to be happy. So when they lose a lot of leaf mass, they shed roots; they kind of cauterize them and the roots die. And the species in the soil go to work
Video examples
The myth of Hercules: 12...
Hercules fought fiercely, but every time he cut one head off, two more grew in its place. The battle was hopeless until his nephew Iolaus thought to cauterize the necks with fire,
Video examples
Michael Pollan: A...
in some rough balance with the leaf mass to be happy. So when they lose a lot of leaf mass, they shed roots; they kind of cauterize them and the roots die. And the species in the soil go to work
Video examples
The myth of Hercules: 12...
Hercules fought fiercely, but every time he cut one head off, two more grew in its place. The battle was hopeless until his nephew Iolaus thought to cauterize the necks with fire,
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Geoffrey Canada
American Activist
Convincing people to give your way a try will work if you neutralize - and sometimes you have to cauterize - the ones who really are against change. They're the kind of person who, if you tell them it's raining outside, they'll fight you tooth and nail.
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Emmanuel Macron
French Politician
We can't fix the real problems if we only cauterize and don't treat the roots of evil.
Quote examples
Geoffrey Canada
American Activist
Convincing people to give your way a try will work if you neutralize - and sometimes you have to cauterize - the ones who really are against change. They're the kind of person who, if you tell them it's raining outside, they'll fight you tooth and nail.
Quote examples
Emmanuel Macron
French Politician
We can't fix the real problems if we only cauterize and don't treat the roots of evil.
Example 1 of 2
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