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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cauterize.

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Examples

  • To control bleeding, he or she cauterizes the ends of cut blood vessels, and you may smell a burning odor.

    Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

  • To control bleeding, he or she cauterizes the ends of cut blood vessels, and you may smell a burning odor.

    Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

  • I use incendiary rounds; cauterizes wounds instantly.

    365 tomorrows » 2008 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2008

  • The laser cauterizes the affected vessels, staving off the possibility of a major bleed.

    After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010

  • Praying that "she might be worthy to be held in honor as a saint, by forgetting that she was a woman" 83, Monica successfully cauterizes any remaining feelings she may have about her husband.

    The Little Professor: 2009

  • Praying that "she might be worthy to be held in honor as a saint, by forgetting that she was a woman" 83, Monica successfully cauterizes any remaining feelings she may have about her husband.

    Protestant Truths and Roman Catholic Errors: Part II of II 2009

  • As I outline below, this plan directly cauterizes the US's underlying housing market dysfunctions, delivers far greater and more permanent interest rate relief for distressed borrowers, allows banks to immediately recapitalise their balance-sheets with a $77 billion cash injection, and will ultimately cost taxpayers much less than the initiative the Administration has announced.

    Obama's Last Hope 2009

  • Praying that "she might be worthy to be held in honor as a saint, by forgetting that she was a woman" 83, Monica successfully cauterizes any remaining feelings she may have about her husband.

    Academic 2009

  • But, Conan being a badass and all, he just sticks the bloody stump in a burning brazier and cauterizes it on the spot.

    Marvel Comics: What If Wolverine Fought Conan the Barbarian? Reis O'Brien 2009

  • Praying that "she might be worthy to be held in honor as a saint, by forgetting that she was a woman" 83, Monica successfully cauterizes any remaining feelings she may have about her husband.

    Religion 2009

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