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- verb administer an anesthetic drug to
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Examples
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Elvis Costello aptly sang that formatted radio seeks to, "...anesthetise the way that you feel.."
HANG THE DJ! Eeleen Lee 2008
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Elvis Costello aptly sang that formatted radio seeks to, "...anesthetise the way that you feel.."
Archive 2008-01-01 Eeleen Lee 2008
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Orderly transition of power - that's just poor spin designed to anesthetise Labour's less savvey voters they must have plenty of those .
Blair Brown Leadership ZZZzzzz..z... Man in a Shed 2006
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The purpose of fashionable terms like "holistic" and "gestalt" is to anesthetise a sense of ignorance, to create a sense of understanding where there is none 2.3
Archive 2006-07-01 Bill Kerr 2006
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The purpose of fashionable terms like "holistic" and "gestalt" is to anesthetise a sense of ignorance, to create a sense of understanding where there is none 2.3
materialist world view: Minsky Bill Kerr 2006
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Orderly transition of power - that's just poor spin designed to anesthetise Labour's less savvey voters they must have plenty of those .
Archive 2006-09-01 Man in a Shed 2006
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It is not possible to anesthetise the whole cavity and furthermore, the needle may spread the infection.
Chapter 4 1989
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Ring block with lidocaine 1%, or anesthetise the skin with ethylene chloride.
Chapter 4 1989
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Dental nerve block: inject into the vestibular sulcus and anesthetise along the nerve root as far as the bone, then inject 3/4 of the cartridge after aspirating for blood with the syringe at 30° to the axis of the tooth.
Chapter 6 1989
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For superficial abscesses, use ethylene chloride: anesthetise the area and incise immediately (the anesthetic freezes the skin by evaporation). abscess
Chapter 4 1989
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