anaesthetize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- anaesthetization noun
Example Sentences
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Vets called the Gorilla Doctors administer antibiotics to treat life-threatening bacterial infections and anaesthetize apes to remove snares.
From Nature • Mar. 28, 2017
It has also made it possible to anaesthetize diabetic patients for operations, and has enabled patients with tubercular complications to eat nourishing foods.
From Time Magazine Archive
Without ado the Cardinal bade them anaesthetize him locally.
From Time Magazine Archive
The radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools trying to anaesthetize the way that you feel.
From Time Magazine Archive
In fact, the vapors of chloroform, which anesthetize plants, also prevent nitrification, since they anaesthetize the nitric ferment.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 by Various
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