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CAUTERIZE
callous, cauterize, cauterise
(verb) make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
cauterize, cauterise, burn
(verb) burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; “The surgeon cauterized the wart”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
cauterize (third-person singular simple present cauterizes, present participle cauterizing, simple past and past participle cauterized)
(American spelling, Canadian spelling, Oxford) To burn, sear, or freeze tissue using a hot iron, electric current or a caustic agent.
Source: Wiktionary
Cau"ter*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cauterized; p. pr. & vb. n. Cauterizing.] Etym: [L. cauterizare, Gr. cautérised.. See cauter.]
1. To burn or sear with a cautery or caustic. Dunglison.
2. To sear, as the conscience. Jer. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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