Anesthetize

//əˈnɛs.θə.taɪz//

Synonyms for "anesthetize" (73 found)

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Closest matches (15)

abate allay alleviate appease assuage bedaze benumb besot blunt chloroform coldcock cushion

Verb(3 words)

Strong matches (22)

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

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ko lay

Related words (36)

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

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reduce relieve rock to sleep salve sedate slacken slake soften soothe stun stupe stupefy subdue trance

Verb(2 words)

put out put under

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

2 entries

dose drug

Related terms

3 entries

anesthetic anesthetist anesthetizer

derived

8 entries

anesthetizable cryoanesthetized nonanesthetized overanesthetize preanesthetize reanesthetize unanesthetized underanesthetized

manner of

1 entries

drug

related to

8 entries

alcohol anesthesia anesthetic drug narcotic pharmaceutical unconscious unfeeling

Translations

34 translations across 23 languages.

Armenian

1 entries

անզգայացնել verb (administer anesthesia)

Bulgarian

1 entries

обезболявам verb (administer anesthesia)

Catalan

1 entries

anestesiar verb (administer anesthesia)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

使麻木 verb (administer anesthesia)
使麻醉 verb (administer anesthesia)

Danish

1 entries

bedøve verb (administer anesthesia)

Dutch

1 entries

verdoven verb (administer anesthesia)

Finnish

1 entries

nukuttaa verb (administer anesthesia)

French

1 entries

anesthésier verb (administer anesthesia)

Galician

1 entries

anestesiar verb (administer anesthesia)

German

3 entries

anästhesieren verb (administer anesthesia)
anästhetisieren verb (administer anesthesia)
betäuben verb (administer anesthesia)

Greek

1 entries

αναισθητοποιώ verb (administer anesthesia)

Hungarian

2 entries

altat verb (administer anesthesia)
érzéstelenít verb (administer anesthesia)

Japanese

1 entries

麻酔をかける verb (administer anesthesia)

Māori

2 entries

whakahinamoe verb (administer anesthesia)
whakarehu verb (administer anesthesia)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

anestesere verb (administer anesthesia)
bedøve verb (administer anesthesia)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

anestesera verb (administer anesthesia)
anestesere verb (administer anesthesia)
bedøve verb (administer anesthesia)

Portuguese

1 entries

anestesiar verb (administer anesthesia)

Romanian

1 entries

anestezia verb (administer anesthesia)

Russian

3 entries

анестези́ровать verb (administer anesthesia)
обезбо́ливать verb (administer anesthesia)
обезбо́лить verb (administer anesthesia)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

anestezirati verb (administer anesthesia)
анестезирати verb (administer anesthesia)

Slovak

1 entries

anestetizovať verb (administer anesthesia)

Spanish

1 entries

anestesiar verb (administer anesthesia)

Turkish

1 entries

uyuşturma verb (administer anesthesia)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Time may not heal your wounds, but it might anesthetize them.

Source: tatoeba (4746461)

Just prior to surgery the doctor will anesthetize him and he will sleep for four hours.

Source: wiktionary

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