the action of burning body tissue using heat or a chemical, to stop an injury from bleeding or getting infected, or to remove harmful cells

Treatment is usually by cauterization.

The technique allows a painless cauterization of warts. 该技术允许对疣进行无痛烧灼。

the loss of the ability to feel emotion, sometimes as a result of an intentional choice to avoid psychological pain

He attributes this emotional cauterization to psychological wounds inflicted during childhood.

Feeling like you are a member of one group should not involve a complete cauterization of empathy for another group. 不应该为了获得属于某个群体的感觉而需要因此烧灼对另一个群体的共情。