anesthetize
Example Sentences
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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
“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
“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
Who is ever going to let him anesthetize them?
From Salon • Oct. 8, 2021
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
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