Example Sentences

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But because it involved cauterizing lesions, I was put under general anesthesia to spare me the horrors of experiencing it.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

Dr. Ronald Pelletier removed Jenkins’ kidney early Tuesday morning after more than an hour of snipping, cauterizing and clipping.

From Washington Times • Mar. 4, 2017

Just as cauterizing a wound stops bleeding, they claim that lighting up hair makes it smoother-looking.

From Time • Jul. 15, 2015

As they operate the remote controls, they no longer feel tissues when cutting, cauterizing and suturing.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2012

Next to me she laid out the Q-tips, a magnifying glass, the bottle of anesthetic, and the cauterizing instrument, which was a wooden handle with a six-inch-long thickish wire coming out of one end.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos