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cauterise
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Make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
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Make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
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Burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
“The surgeon cauterized the wart”
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The surgeon cauterized the wart
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