anaesthetize

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Obama can do is to alleviate / lessen / anaesthetize the pain: he cannot "skip" this part of the cycle.

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  • His point was that oft-repeated words and phrases can "invade" our minds and "anaesthetize" our brains. —  American Farm Bureau: Latest News
  • (Researchers have the advantage of being able to anaesthetize their animals.) —  Film Junk
  • Is it accidental that the creatuers anaesthetize their victims before killing them so that they die painlessly while the humans indulge in pointless torture in the name of extracting information they know they will not get? —  Twitch
  • It's not only a matter of saving a few banks, but, above all, of saving an ideology and culture that cannot survive on their own without frequent ad hoc injections: financial stimulus, wars that promote industry and control popular participation, drugs and entertainment that stimulate, tranquilize and anaesthetize in the name of the common good.
  • Obama can do is to alleviate / lessen / anaesthetize the pain: he cannot "skip" this part of the cycle. —  pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
 

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