anesthetise

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Verb

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anesthetise - administer an anesthetic drug to; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"; "anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth" anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetize, put under, put out etherise, etherize - anesthetize with ether cocainise, cocainize - anesthetize with cocaine chloroform - anesthetize with chloroform; "Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them" freeze - anesthetize by cold drug, dose - administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist" block - interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia; "block a nerve"; "block a muscle"