anaesthetize
verb (used with object)
anaesthetise
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a variation of
anaesthetize.
Example Sentences
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Annie Owen, who volunteers at Ipswich and East Suffolk Samaritans, said that in the modern world, the overload of information can anaesthetise people to many tragedies.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
It is well-known in Latin America, and some Mennonite farmers on the continent apparently use it to anaesthetise bulls before they are castrated.
From BBC ● May 15, 2019
It's 1999 and I'm in a tattoo parlour in Mill Hill armed with a copy of British Vogue to anaesthetise my brain.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 10, 2014
The difference, of course, is that Wilde passionately wants us to explore this dark tangle, not anaesthetise it on the high street.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2012
The surgeon to do any coeliotomy needs assistant physicians—one to anaesthetise the patient, and at the least one other to work with him in the operation.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley
