cauterize

• They kind of cauterize them and the roots die. —  Michael Pollan gives a plant's-eye view
• I'm going to be prompt and ruthless in an effort to cauterize this wound before it gets any worse. —  Gates of Vienna
• As Federal Reserve officials met last month to confront the deepening recession, they worried that even a dramatic cut in interest rates and unprecedented new measures in monetary policy would not be enough to cauterize the country's economic troubles quickly. —  Eschaton
• It's best to have a doctor do it, because they cauterize and cleanse the area, a mole is not like a scab you can pick off. —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
• As the two doctors lean over the lady's body, bathed in bright light, they slice and cauterize the skin and vessels as they go, minimizing blood loss but producing wafts of burning flesh. —  Daily Titan RSS

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