anesthetize
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One way people deal with these costs is to anesthetize themselves to reality.
From Salon • Nov. 1, 2023
Zoo officials said the tragedy shows why decisions to anesthetize animals are not taken lightly.
From Washington Times • Aug. 30, 2023
They’d dipped the animals in magnesium chloride to anesthetize them, a common lab procedure.
From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2022
It doesn’t have widespread medical uses, though it is often used by veterinarians to anesthetize or euthanize animals.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2021
In fact, the vapors of chloroform, which anesthetize plants, also prevent nitrification, since they anaesthetize the nitric ferment.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 by Various
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