Definition of "anesthetise" [anesthetise]

• Administer an anesthetic drug to (verb)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Elvis Costello aptly sang that formatted radio seeks to, "...anesthetise the way that you feel..""
• "Orderly transition of power - that's just poor spin designed to anesthetise Labour's less savvey voters they must have plenty of those ."
• "The purpose of fashionable terms like "holistic" and "gestalt" is to anesthetise a sense of ignorance, to create a sense of understanding where there is none 2.3"