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anesthetize
verb as in deaden
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in desensitize
Strongest match
verb as in dope
Weak matches
verb as in drug
verb as in ease
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in entrance
verb as in hypnotize
verb as in medicate
verb as in narcotize
verb as in numb
verb as in paralyze
verb as in physic
verb as in untighten
Weak matches
- abate
- aid
- allay
- ameliorate
- appease
- assist
- assuage
- attend to
- calm
- cheer
- clear the way
- comfort
- cure
- disburden
- disengage
- doctor
- expedite
- facilitate
- forward
- free
- further
- improve
- lessen
- let up
- let up on
- lift
- lighten
- loose
- loosen
- make easier
- meliorate
- mitigate
- moderate
- mollify
- nurse
- open the door
- pacify
- palliate
- promote
- quiet
- relax
- release
- relent
- relieve
- run interference for
- simplify
- slack
- slacken
- smooth
- soften
- soothe
- speed
- speed up
- still
- tranquilize
Example Sentences
During a search of his home, investigators found a clear vial that tested positive for a drug that could be used to anesthetize a person, Deputy Dist.
During these checkups, the animals were anesthetized, and the radar system was hung about half a meter above their chest.
Proulx found something similar in 2018, when he and colleagues injected tracer dyes into the cisterna magna and found they entered the systemic blood more quickly in awake mice than anesthetized ones.
Copycats will try to fulfill his unfinished plans well beyond his lifespan, an undertaking made possible because GOP leaders have anesthetized their consciences and normalized Trump-like conduct for a decade.
Control rats ate regular food and were anesthetized, but had no surgery.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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