anesthetize
verb (used with object)
to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
anesthetizes
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present tense formof anesthetize (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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That’s not easy, since capybaras max out around 155 pounds; sometimes he anesthetizes them for the trip back to the river.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
After several visits, Marx underwent a TAP block, an injection that anesthetizes the anterior abdominal wall.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2021
She anesthetizes the animals, carefully removes their brains, firms the brains up with formalin, freezes them, then shaves them into slices thinner than a strand of human hair to study under a microscope.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 2013
The anesthesiologist anesthetizes the patient, then infuses a drug, usually nitroprusside, to dilate the blood vessels.
From Time Magazine Archive
Your wife has leprosy!—not the physical form, but the kind that anesthetizes, ulcerates, deforms the soul—the leprosy of self-pity.
From Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness by Robert S. Carroll
