transitive. To burn with a hot iron, whether for the purpose of marking the flesh (as in the case of criminals or slaves), or of cauterizing as a…

To burn or char (animal tissues) by the application of a hot iron; to cauterize (a wound, the stump of an amputated limb, etc.) in order to…

To cauterize, as a surgical operation; to brand with the mark of a criminal. to burn out: to destroy (the eyes, etc.) by burning.

Medicine. transitive. To burn or sear with a hot iron or a caustic.

= cauterize, v.

to sear up: to close (a wound, vein, etc.) by actual cautery. Also figurative.

transitive. To burn, consume with fire; to cauterize (a sore). Obsolete.