narcotize
verb (used with object)
to subject to or treat with a narcotic; stupefy.
narcotise
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a variation of
narcotize.
Example Sentences
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There is no reason to narcotise ourselves into believing that poor humanity has been changed for ever in this year of grace at Washington.
From Victory out of Ruin by Norman Maclean
The furlongs of shelves were fitted with majestic volumes containing all the Statutes, all the Parliamentary Debates, and all the Reports of Royal Commissions ever printed to narcotise the conscience of a nation.
From The Pretty Lady by Arnold Bennett
Coffee, cocoa, excessive sweets, every food-element tending to narcotise or over-stimulate the system was rigorously excluded.
From The Patient Observer And His Friends by Simeon Strunsky
In masses the sea swallows them up, trenches are filled with them, but however much we try we cannot narcotise our hearts by sophistries.
From The Great Discovery by Norman Maclean
