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• v  burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
  The surgeon cauterized the wart
• v  make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals

• Within a month after becoming General Secretary in 1985, Gorbachev set about to cauterize the wound.
• Hey, cauterize your sweat glands shut .
• There has never been a stronger case for firm and united action by the governments of both India and Pakistan to cauterize the cancer in their midst.

• cauterise
• burn
• callous

News & Articles

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• Review: In ‘Man of Steel,’ Henry Cavill soars over an erratic plot
  By Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES – “I can do things other people can’t,” the man says with becoming modesty, and can he ever. Cauterize deep wounds with a single glance, leap tall buildings in a single bound, …
  June 14, 2013 - Q13 FOX Seattle

Quotes

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• Will Ferrell in Los Angeles Times
  Now, I'm not familiar with the metric system or any other foreign language but that's the equivalent of 300 gallons, I would guess,Ferrell says with a shrug, then commands: "Hey, cauterize your sweat glands shut . . . sss-ka-owww . . ....
• Joe Biden in Scripps News
  He has no intention of ending this war ...... If it's me he hands it off to, I will cauterize this wound immediately,Biden told a crowd of mostly middle-aged residents.
• Steny Hoyer in San Francisco Chronicle
  They have to cauterize this,said Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the No.