(~s, anaesthetizing, ~d)
Note: The spellings 'anesthetize' in American English, and 'anaesthetise' in British English are also used.
1.
When a doctor or other trained person ~s a patient, they make the patient unconscious or unable to feel pain by giving them an anaesthetic.
VERB
2.
If something such as a drug ~s part or all of your body, it makes you unable to feel anything in that part of your body.
= numb
VERB