Administer an anesthetic drug to.

synonyms: anaesthetise, anesthetise, anesthetize, put out, put under.

Roget 376: be insensible etc. adj.; have a thick skin, have a rhinoceros hide.    render insensible etc. adj.; anaesthetize^†, blunt, pall, obtund^†, benumb, paralyze; put under the influence of chloroform etc. n.; stupefy, stun.    ... show more

Roget 823: be insensible etc. adj.; have a rhinoceros hide; show insensibility etc. n.; not mind, not care, not be affected by; have no desire for etc. 866; have no interest in, feel no interest in, take no interest in; nil admirari [Lat.]; not care a straw for etc. (unimportance) 643; disregard etc. (neglect) 460; set at naught etc. (make light of) 483; turn a deaf ear to etc. (inattention) 458; vegetate.    render insensible, render callous; blunt, obtund^†, numb, benumb, paralyze, deaden, hebetate^†, stun, stupefy; brutify^†; brutalize; chloroform, anaesthetize^†, put under; assify^†.    inure; harden the heart; steel, caseharden, sear.    ... show more

Dutch: narcotiseren, verdoven