anesthetize
verb (used with object)
to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
anesthetizing
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present participleof anesthetize.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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These are meant to be the anesthetizing accompaniment to playlists featuring purveyors of sonic wallpaper made to help your whole body chill out — a vibe-fest, on demand.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2025
Sampling wild primates traditionally requires trapping and anesthetizing the animals.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 5, 2023
The collective was founded by the composer-poet-pianist-conductor-essayist and former Los Angeles Opera artist in residence Matthew Aucoin and director Zack Winokur in 2017 as an occasional refuge from the artistically anesthetizing commercial classical music business.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
What the film does not anticipate is that, while collectively bearing witness to the deaths of half a million Americans and counting, we would also experience the pandemic through a series of anesthetizing diversions.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2021
At its head stood a squat metal cylinder sprouting a long flexible tube which ended in a cone—no doubt the anesthetizing apparatus.
From The Affair of the Brains by Anthony Gilmore
