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v. - Make insensitive or callous; Burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent.

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  • 'At least the lawyer didn't cauterise your sense of humour.'
  • If you fear you are contaminated, it is your responsibility to amputate and cauterise before the infection spreads.
  • There has never been a stronger case for firm and united action by the governments of both India and Pakistan to cauterise the cancer in their midst.
  • The object of this was to cauterise the wound, a method that has been used with success in the outskirts of the world where poisonous reptiles abound and where proper...
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