anesthetize
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Zoo officials said the tragedy shows why decisions to anesthetize animals are not taken lightly.
From Washington Times • Aug. 30, 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
“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
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 Jackson, Chevalier
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