'anesthetize' definitions:
Definition of 'anesthetize'
From: WordNet
verb
Administer an anesthetic drug to; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"; "anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth" [syn: anesthetize, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anaesthetise, put under, put out] [ant: bring around, bring back, bring round, bring to]
Synonyms of 'anesthetize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- appease,
- assuage,
- bedaze,
- benumb,
- besot,
- blunt,
- chloroform,
- coldcock,
- cushion,
- deaden,
- deaden the pain,
- desensitize,
- diminish,
- dope,
- drug,
- dull,
- ease,
- ease matters,
- entrance,
- etherize,
- foment,
- freeze,
- give relief,
- hypnotize,
- kayo,
- knock out,
- knock senseless,
- knock stiff,
- knock unconscious,
- KO,
- lay,
- lay out,
- lessen,
- lull,
- lull to sleep,
- magnetize,
- mesmerize,
- mitigate,
- mollify,
- narcotize,
- numb,
- obtund,
- pad,
- palliate,
- palsy,
- paralyze,
- poultice,
- pour balm into,
- pour oil on,
- put to sleep,
- put under,
- reduce,
- relieve,
- rock to sleep,
- salve,
- sedate,
- slacken,
- slake,
- soften,
- soothe,
- stun,
- stupe,
- stupefy,
- subdue,
- trance