Definition of "cauterizing" [cauterizing]

• Present participle of cauterize. (verb)

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• "If it does, I might be moved to do something you would be sorry for-such as cauterizing the entire surface of the planet with a single sheet of fire."
• "Let the cauterizing fire slide through his insides."
• "The doc checked the temperature on the cauterizing device and, satisfied, put it away in his bag."