Definition of "anaesthetise" [anaesthetise]

• To render unfeeling or unconscious through the use of narcotic substances, usually either alcohol or pharmaceutical drugs. (verb)

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• "The priority of any addict is to anaesthetise the pain of living to ease the passage of the day with some purchased relief."
• "An anaesthetic that was used in Vietnam to sedate wounded troops, ketamine is still used to anaesthetise children."
• "The familiar curtains and pictures subtly insist that we shouldn't change because they don't, our well-known rooms can anaesthetise us from a more urgent, necessary relationship with particular questions."