cauterise

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	cauterise - burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart" cauterize, burn care for, treat - provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"
	2.	cauterise - make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals callous, cauterize inure, indurate, harden - cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"