Cauterize

v. t.	1.	To burn or sear with a cautery or caustic. [imp. & p. p. Cauterized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cauterizing.]
	2.	To sear, as the conscience.

Verb	1.	cauterize - burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart" Synonyms: cauterise, burn
	2.	cauterize - make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals Synonyms: callous, cauterise

blaze, blister, brand, burn, burn in, burn off, cast, char, coal, crack, cupel, flame, found, oxidate, oxidize, parch, pyrolyze, scorch, sear, singe, solder, swinge, torrefy, vesicate, vulcanize, weld