Associations to the word «Cauterize»

Wiktionary

CAUTERIZE, verb. (chiefly US spelling) To burn, sear, or freeze tissue using a hot iron, electric current or a caustic agent.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King