All anaesthetising synonyms
adjective anaesthetising
- numbing β deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold.
verb anaesthetising
- diminish β to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- muffle β to wrap with something to deaden or prevent sound: to muffle drums.
- quiet β making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
- desensitise β to lessen the sensitiveness of.
- impair β to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
- abate β If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
- alleviate β If you alleviate pain, suffering, or an unpleasant condition, you make it less intense or severe.
- anaesthetise β anesthetize.
- anaesthetize β When a doctor or other trained person anaesthetizes a patient, they make the patient unconscious or unable to feel pain by giving them an anaesthetic.
- benumb β to make numb or powerless; deaden physical feeling in, as by cold
- blunt β If you are blunt, you say exactly what you think without trying to be polite.
- cheque β A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
- chloroform β Chloroform is a colourless liquid with a strong sweet smell, which makes you unconscious if you breathe its vapour.
- consume β If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
- cushion β A cushion is a fabric case filled with soft material, which you put on a seat to make it more comfortable.
- damp β Something that is damp is slightly wet.
- dampen β To dampen something such as someone's enthusiasm or excitement means to make it less lively or intense.
- depress β If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
- deprive β If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it.
- destroy β To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- devitalize β to lower or destroy the vitality of; make weak or lifeless
- dim β DIM statement
- dope β any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- drown β to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- dull β not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- freeze β to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
- frustrate β to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- gas β GNU assembler
- hush β to become or be silent or quiet: They hushed as the judge walked in.
- incapacitate β to deprive of ability, qualification, or strength; make incapable or unfit; disable.
- injure β to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- lessen β to become less.
- mute β silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
- numb β deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold.
- paralyse β to affect with paralysis.
- quieten β to become quiet (often followed by down).
- reduce β to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- repress β to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
- retard β to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
- slow β moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- smother β to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- soften β to make soft or softer.
- stifle β to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
- stun β to deprive of consciousness or strength by or as if by a blow, fall, etc.: The blow to his jaw stunned him for a moment.
- stupefy β to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- suppress β to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- tyre β to furnish with tires.
- unnerve β to deprive of courage, strength, determination, or confidence; upset: Fear unnerved him.
- weaken β to make weak or weaker.