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- verb Present participle of
cauterize .
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Examples
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If it does, I might be moved to do something you would be sorry for-such as cauterizing the entire surface of the planet with a single sheet of fire.
The Source of Magic Anthony, Piers 1979
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“I can try just stitching it, but cauterizing it first is my recommendation.”
Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011
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Let the cauterizing fire slide through his insides.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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In the course of the next two months, Jack will encounter vats of molten paraffin, suspicious Girls Scout cookies, powdered rat poison and a tattooed corpse, as well as arson, poaching and murder, and he will endure the clandestine cauterizing of inflamed capillaries in his own nose.
Struck By Myriad Delights Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011
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Light-headed and dizzy, I drank a Coke before cauterizing the wound on the flat-top grill.
The Stories Behind 13 Chefs' Kitchen Scars The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The doc checked the temperature on the cauterizing device and, satisfied, put it away in his bag.
Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011
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Let the cauterizing fire slide through his insides.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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The doc surveyed the wound again, holding the cauterizing tool ready.
Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011
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Let the cauterizing fire slide through his insides.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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Readers may have guessed that I am not going for the second option: giving up on public efforts and cauterizing our gangrenous government so that the rest of society can survive.
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