anaesthetizes
Renders completely senseless
Anaesthetizes is the British spelling of anesthetizes—to render insensible to pain, typically through drugs administered before surgery.
The word extends to any numbing effect: The cold anaesthetizes the skin.
Figuratively, something that anaesthetizes dulls awareness or emotional response: Television anaesthetizes the mind.
Makes less responsive
- deadensReduces force or feeling
- dullsReduces sharpness or intensity
- bluntsDiminishes keenness or force
- numbsDeprives of sensation
stupefies · insensible · unfeeling · sensation · nerve · tingling · freezing · injection
Reduces agitation
- tranquilizesSubdues with calming drugs
- soothesGently relieves distress
- relaxesBecomes less tense
- lullsTemporary periods of stillness
quiets · pacifies · drowsy · sleepy · hypnotic · sedative · slumber · restful
Doctor administering surgical sedation
- propofolIntravenous anesthetic for sedation
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
- intubationPlacing airway tube
- inductionFormal admission process
unconsciousness · ventilation · monitoring · intravenous · gas · ether · chloroform · fentanyl
Removes from connection
- distancesSpaces between locations
- disconnectsBreaks a connection
- shieldsProtective barriers for defense
- suppressesActively prevents expression
dulls · blunts · desensitizes · indifferent · apathetic · unresponsive · numb · withdrawn
desensitizes
Makes less responsive
- deadensReduces force or feeling
- dullsReduces sharpness or intensity
- bluntsDiminishes keenness or force
numbs · stupefies · insensible · unfeeling · sensation · nerve · tingling · freezing · injection · topical
calms
Reduces agitation
- tranquilizesSubdues with calming drugs
- soothesGently relieves distress
- relaxesBecomes less tense
lulls · quiets · pacifies · drowsy · sleepy · hypnotic · sedative · slumber · restful · twilight
anesthesiologist
Doctor administering surgical sedation
- propofolIntravenous anesthetic for sedation
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
- intubationPlacing airway tube
induction · unconsciousness · ventilation · monitoring · intravenous · gas · ether · chloroform · fentanyl · ketamine
detaches
Removes from connection
- distancesSpaces between locations
- disconnectsBreaks a connection
- shieldsProtective barriers for defense
suppresses · dulls · blunts · desensitizes · indifferent · apathetic · unresponsive · numb · withdrawn · coping
anaesthetizesawakens
Becomes conscious again
revives · rouses · wakes · resuscitates · reanimates
anaesthetizessensitizes
Makes responsive to stimuli
stimulates · arouses · enlivens · energizes · activates
anaesthetizesstimulates
Prompts into action
energizes · invigorates · animates · activates · galvanizes