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  • adjective rendered insensible by anesthetizing. Same as anaesthetized.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of anesthetize.
  • adjective Subject to anesthesia

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Examples

  • You'll be amazed how well people can be anesthetized from the pain of a bad day by twenty-two minutes of situational comedy.

    Boing Boing: May 7, 2006 - May 13, 2006 Archives 2006

  • In addition, Julian Bond, chairman of the NAACP, also confirmed that MLK's public perception is quite different and "anesthetized" as compared to the real MLK.

    American Thinker 2010

  • In addition, Julian Bond, chairman of the NAACP, also confirmed that MLK's public perception is quite different and "anesthetized" as compared to the real MLK.

    American Thinker 2010

  • I anesthetized a red thread of jealousy with some nicotine.

    Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011

  • Ash believed “Baby Beluga” anesthetized children to the horrors of whaling.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal 'One feature shared by all successful surgeons is the ability to stand confidently beside a trusting, helpless and anesthetized patient, make a deliberate incision on unblemished skin and carry out often complex and sometimes lifethreatening maneuvers inside a body cavity.

    Healing Reads: The Year's Five Best Books Laura Landro 2011

  • But, I was able to walk by the time we left there, I was just anesthetized for about an hour.

    NJ Dining: Penang 2009

  • Ash believed “Baby Beluga” anesthetized children to the horrors of whaling.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • We have become anesthetized to totally criminal behavior occurring right before our eyes but I think this would be like Al Capone telling the mayor of Chicago to fire half the Chicago police force, and him doing it.

    John R. Talbott: Why No Banksters Have Been Arrested John R. Talbott 2011

  • Ash believed “Baby Beluga” anesthetized children to the horrors of whaling.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

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