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anesthetize

[uh-nes-thi-tahyz] / əˈnɛs θɪˌtaɪz /














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One way people deal with these costs is to anesthetize themselves to reality.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2023

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

From Washington Times • Aug. 30, 2023

“We need to use our drug doses very carefully and make sure that we give them enough drugs to anesthetize them safely,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2022

They’d dipped the animals in magnesium chloride to anesthetize them, a common lab procedure.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 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