anesthetize
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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
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
We should question what these stereotypes serve, and the degree to which they anesthetize us to the mistreatment of others.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2022
In fact, the vapors of chloroform, which anesthetize plants, also prevent nitrification, since they anaesthetize the nitric ferment.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 by Various
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
Worse, he creates situations of real pathos and then anesthetizes them.
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
“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
Those latter respondents have presumably been anesthetized, never set foot in the real world or live in a permanent, chemically induced stupor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2025
During these checkups, the animals were anesthetized, and the radar system was hung about half a meter above their chest.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2024
To reduce the pain, they anesthetized his throat.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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
These are meant to be the anesthetizing accompaniment to playlists featuring purveyors of sonic wallpaper made to help your whole body chill out — a vibe-fest, on demand.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2025
A team of expert divers guided each of the boys out of the cave on special stretchers after anesthetizing them to keep them calm enough to transport.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
Sampling wild primates traditionally requires trapping and anesthetizing the animals.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 5, 2023
By anesthetizing the same area he could stop immediately severe attacks of asthma and of coughing.
From Nature Cure by Henry Lindlahr
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