anesthetize

Kids are naturally inquisitive, but modern schooling is too often designed to anesthetize curiosity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Zoo officials said the tragedy shows why decisions to anesthetize animals are not taken lightly.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 30, 2023

“Knowing myself, I would have continued to anesthetize myself and find other compartments in my soul to bury it,” he said.

From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2023

The researchers anesthetize the captured cats, give them a quick physical exam and fit them with GPS collars to track their movements.

From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023

Two applications are usually sufficient completely to anesthetize the exterior and interior of the larynx by blocking of the superior laryngeal nerve without any endolaryngeal applications.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson

That’s not easy, since capybaras max out around 155 pounds; sometimes he anesthetizes them for the trip back to the river.

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

After several visits, Marx underwent a TAP block, an injection that anesthetizes the anterior abdominal wall.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2021

She anesthetizes the animals, carefully removes their brains, firms the brains up with formalin, freezes them, then shaves them into slices thinner than a strand of human hair to study under a microscope.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 2013

Laughter is a wonder drug by which man anesthetizes his consciousness of mortality.

From Time Magazine Archive

Your wife has leprosy!—not the physical form, but the kind that anesthetizes, ulcerates, deforms the soul—the leprosy of self-pity.

From Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness by Robert S. Carroll

In the veterinary emergency room, Samba was anesthetized, and the medical staff was then able to draw her blood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

“The brain didn’t evolve to be anesthetized, so we want to understand how the brain comes back from it.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

Bogdan fears that by cleaning up Meridian Hill Park -- which is managed and maintained by the National Park Service -- its history as a place of Black protest and community will be anesthetized.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

To confirm that abdominal pressure was the key factor, the team applied gentle, controlled pressure to the abdomens of lightly anesthetized mice.

From Science Daily ● May 1, 2026

She had been allowed to watch the lab attendants, in gowns and gloves, strip eggs from what they called the breeder fish, anesthetized females.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

The next day, the video shows care staff anesthetizing Jackie for the blood transfusion and notes she was stronger and more alert the next day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Sampling wild primates traditionally requires trapping and anesthetizing the animals.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 5, 2023

Lying in the ocean of anesthetizing dentist-office whirs, I didn’t know how I would ever get up from the chair.

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2022

But at the same time, there were a few things shot by divers themselves, like Dr. Harris anesthetizing a child or the oxygen meter.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2021

By anesthetizing the same area he could stop immediately severe attacks of asthma and of coughing.

From Nature Cure by Henry Lindlahr