cauterize
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
The surgeon cauterized the wart
Types & categories
- treat hypernym
Related & opposite
- cauterization derivation
- cautery derivation
- burn derivation
- scorch entails
Sense 2 verb
make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
Types & categories
- inure hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cauterization |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cautery |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | burn |
| 1 | entails | Related & opposite | scorch |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | treat |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | inure |