anaesthetize
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Hospitalanaesthetizea‧naes‧the‧tize (also anaesthetise British English, anesthetize American English) /əˈniːsθətaɪz $ əˈnes-/ verb [transitive] MHto give someone an anaesthetic so that they do not feel pain→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusanaesthetize• Laughter here might anaesthetize our feelings, deaden us to the moral issue.• We would train chicks on water or methylanthranilate, and then anaesthetize them.