Definition of "anesthetizing" []

• Present participle of anesthetize. (verb)

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• "It ` s a kind of anesthetizing effect on the brain from depth and from the build-up of nitrogen."
• "He was going to have to make it through one more day before they could risk anesthetizing him."
• "Adulation has a knack for anesthetizing the public to a celebrity's unflattering contradictions."