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anesthetize

Syllabification: (an·es·the·tize)
Pronunciation: /əˈnesTHiˌtīz/
(British anaesthetize)
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Definition of anesthetize

verb

[with object]
  • administer an anesthetic to (a person or animal), especially so as to induce a loss of consciousness.
  • deprive of feeling or awareness:tragedy of a magnitude that anesthetizes the mind

Derivatives

anesthetization

Pronunciation: /-THitəˈzāSHən/
noun

anesthetize in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of anesthetize in the British & World English dictionary