anesthetize
verb (used with object)
to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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The aesthetic pleasure of Cline’s writing is anesthetizing.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2020