cauterizes in English

verb
1
burn the skin or flesh of (a wound) with a heated instrument or caustic substance, typically to stop bleeding or prevent the wound from becoming infected.
The man cauterized the wound, stopping the blood loss.
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1. Synonyms for Benumbs include deadens, numbs, blunts, cauterises, cauterizes, chills, damps, dampens, dulls and freezes

2. Verb If a doctor Cauterizes a wound, he or she burns it with heat or with a chemical in order to close it up and prevent it from becoming infected

3. The definition of Cauterize is to burn or freeze the flesh around a wound, usually to close off or clean the wound. When the doctor burns the flesh around a wound to force a scar to form and bleeding to stop, this is an example of when the doctor Cauterizes the wound.