1. to make someone unable to feel pain, especially by giving them an anesthetic before a medical operation
Usage: medical
2. to make someone unable to think or feel normally; to dull the senses
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The doctor will anesthetize the patient before surgery.
• They anesthetized her arm before removing the splinter.
• The dentist anesthetized my gum before filling the cavity.
• Years of routine work seemed to anesthetize his creativity.
• The medication helped anesthetize the emotional pain.
• Local anesthetic will anesthetize only the affected area.