etherize

[ee-thuh-rahyz] / ˈi θəˌraɪz /

VERB

deaden

Synonyms

STRONGEST

desensitize impair

STRONG

abate alleviate anesthetize benumb blunt check chloroform consume cushion damp dampen depress deprive destroy devitalize dim dope drown dull exhaust freeze frustrate gas hush incapacitate injure lessen mute numb paralyze quieten reduce repress retard slow smother soften stifle stun stupefy suppress tire unnerve weaken

WEAK

KO knock out lay out put out of order put to sleep tone down

Antonyms

STRONG

advance aid allow assist brighten build construct encourage enlarge extend facilitate help increase indulge intensify invigorate let go magnify mobilize permit push raise refresh stimulate strengthen uplift

WEAK

animate enliven

Example Sentences

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Her boyfriend, a grade older, is “laid out on a bed, like a patient etherized upon a table.”

From New York Times

The pleasure this writing affords — its plushness, patient description, etherizing beauty — does not stem from its closeness to life, however.

From New York Times

The patient, a woman in her twenties, lay etherized upon a table.

From The New Yorker

It hit him in their bedroom on a summer day in 2016: an unfamiliar, etherizing wave.

From Washington Post

Eliot’s “Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” which of course begins, “Shall we go then, you and I, while the evening is spread out across the sky like a patient etherized upon a table.”

From Salon

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