cauterize

Example Sentences

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If any bleeding occurs during the polyp removal, doctors can cauterize the wound to seal it, but this method creates a scar that may delay the healing, and result in additional complications.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2024

"And then when things really come to a head, they try to cauterize the wound at the lowest level possible."

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2023

You cauterize its deeper human potential, and end up with kitsch.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2022

And there has to be a way to sort of underline that, to take this episode—if we’re lucky enough to be able to—and sort of cauterize it.

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2020

“I just thought you might have a few extra minutes to cauterize the inside of Jack’s nasal passages,” Mom said smoothly.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos