Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun searing_iron

1 sense of searing iron

Sense 1
searing iron -- (a hot iron used to destroy tissue)
       => cautery, cauterant -- (an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it)