CAUTERIZE Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word cauterize. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for CAUTERIZE
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burn | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • pain that feels hot as if it were on fire • an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation • a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) • damage inflicted by fire verb • destroy by fire • shine intensely, as if with heat • undergo combustion • cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort • cause to burn or combust • feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion • cause to undergo combustion • execute by tying to a stake and setting alight • spend (significant amounts of money) • feel hot or painful • burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent • get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun • create by duplicating data • use up (energy) • damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation | ||||||||
branding | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of stigmatizing | ||||||||
carbonize | verbv | |||||||
verb • unite with carbon • turn into carbon, as by burning | ||||||||
char | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a charred substance • a human female employed to do housework • any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus verb • burn to charcoal • burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color | ||||||||
pucker | verbv | |||||||
noun • an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth) verb • to gather something into small wrinkles or folds • draw together into folds or puckers • become wrinkled or drawn together | ||||||||
scorch | verbv | |||||||
noun • a surface burn • a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues • a discoloration caused by heat verb • subject to harsh criticism • make very hot and dry • become superficially burned • destroy completely by or as if by fire • burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color • become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions | ||||||||
scorching | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adverb • capable of causing burns adjective satellite • hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface | ||||||||
sear | verbv | |||||||
adjective satellite • (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture verb • make very hot and dry • become superficially burned • burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color • cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat | ||||||||
singe | verbv | |||||||
noun • a surface burn verb • burn superficially or lightly • become superficially burned | ||||||||
bronzing | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin • a sculpture made of bronze adjective satellite • of the color of bronze • made from or consisting of bronze verb • give the color and appearance of bronze to something • get a tan, from wind or sun | ||||||||
singeing | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • a surface burn verb • burn superficially or lightly • become superficially burned | ||||||||
cauterise | verbv | |||||||
verb • burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent • make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals | ||||||||
callous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • emotionally hardened • having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear verb • make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals |