anesthetize
verb (used with object)
to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
had anesthetized
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past perfectof anesthetize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Sessions and his undergraduate student, Yuri Mataev, had anesthetized several eastern newts, peeled back the thin flaps of their skulls and removed nearly a quarter of each animal’s brain—a region involved in smelling.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 2, 2022
