[v] make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"
anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, put out, put to sleep, put under
bring around, bring back, bring round, bring to
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,