Verb
make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
Source: WordNetThe surgeon cauterized the wart Source: Internet
I gave the order to shoot the ringleaders in this treason, and I further gave the order to cauterise down to the raw flesh the ulcers of this poisoning of the wells in our domestic life. Source: Internet
Burning lenses were used to cauterise wounds and to light sacred fires in temples. Source: Internet