Cauterizing

verb

verb ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of cauterize form-of, gerund, participle, present

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blazeblisterbrandburnburnburn in

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"Lenses of rock crystal were used to concentrate the rays of the sun for cauterizing wounds and also to light fires, especially sacrificial ones."

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