Need another word that means the same as “cauterize”? Find 6 synonyms and 30 related words for “cauterize” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Cauterize” are: burn, cauterise, callous, sear, singe, scorch
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “cauterize” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| burn | Burn with heat fire or radiation. The sun burned off the fog. |
| callous | Make insensitive or callous deaden feelings or morals. |
| cauterise | Make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals. |
| scorch | Become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions. The meat had scorched. |
| sear | Burn or scorch the surface of (something) with a sudden, intense heat. A crushing pain seared through his chest. |
| singe | Burn superficially or lightly. The heat was so intense I could feel the hairs on my hands singe. |
| aflame | Lighted up by or as by fire or flame. Even the car s tires were aflame. |
| alight | Lighted up by or as by fire or flame. Candles alight on the tables. |
| black | Black colour or pigment. An insurance company operating in the black will be able to pay for further growth. |
| blacken | Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color. Paras in full combat gear with blackened faces. |
| bonfire | A large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration. Yet again events had made a bonfire of her plans. |
| brazier | A barbecue. |
| burning | The act of burning something. Pension reform is still a burning issue. |
| burnt | Destroyed or badly damaged by fire. Burnt sienna. |
| char | Burn to charcoal. She trimmed the char from the wicks of the oil lamps. |
| charcoal | Charcoal used for drawing. A selection of works in pencil and charcoal. |
| coal | Provide with a supply of coal. Ships had to be coaled and supplied. |
| darken | (of someone’s eyes or expression) show anger, sorrow, or another strong negative emotion. Darken the eyebrows with black powder. |
| dehydrate | Cause (a person or their body) to lose a large amount of water. We usually either freeze or dehydrate the berries and use them as we need to. |
| desiccate | Lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless. Years of drought have desiccated the soil. |
| dry | The dry season. He wiped the table dry with his shirt. |
| fervent | (archaic) extremely hot, burning, or glowing. A fervent supporter of the revolution. |
| fire | Drive out or away by or as if by fire. Methane gas is being used to fire bricks at a nearby factory. |
| firewood | Wood used for fuel. They collected and cut their own firewood. |
| flame | Be in flames or aflame. Jess s cheeks flamed. |
| hot | Make or become hot. You are hot. |
| igneous | Produced by the action of fire or intense heat. Rocks formed by igneous agents. |
| obfuscate | Make obscure or unclear. The spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins. |
| parch | Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat. The sun parched the earth. |
| scorch | Become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions. The flames scorched the ceiling. |
| sear | Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat. Sear the chicken livers in a pan for a few minutes on each side. |
| singe | Be lightly or superficially burned. The heat was so intense I could feel the hairs on my hands singe. |
| stoke | Encourage or incite (a strong emotion or tendency. He stoked up the barbecue. |
| stove | Treat an object by heating it in a stove in order to apply a desired surface coating. Dinner was already on the stove. |
| swarthy | Dark-complexioned. A smile on his swarthy face. |
| torrid | Very hot and dry. A torrid love affair. |
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