anesthetize

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: an=es=the=tize

CIDE DICTIONARY

anesthetize, v. 

 to cause to become unconscious by administration of an anaesthetic agent.  [WordNet 1.5]

THESAURUS

anesthetize

KO, abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, bedaze, benumb, besot, blunt, chloroform, coldcock, cushion, deaden, deaden the pain, desensitize, diminish, dope, drug, dull, ease, ease matters, entrance, etherize, foment, freeze, give relief, hypnotize, kayo, knock out, knock senseless, knock stiff, knock unconscious, lay, lay out, lessen, lull, lull to sleep, magnetize, mesmerize, mitigate, mollify, narcotize, numb, obtund, pad, palliate, palsy, paralyze, poultice, pour balm into, pour oil on, put to sleep, put under, reduce, relieve, rock to sleep, salve, sedate, slacken, slake, soften, soothe, stun, stupe, stupefy, subdue, trance