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etherize
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb etherize has 1 sense
- etherize(v = verb.body) etherise - anesthetize with ether; Array is one way to anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put out, put under
Derived form noun ether4
Sample sentences:
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Something ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
etherize, v. t. [Cf. F. éthériser.].
- To convert into ether. [1913 Webster]
- To render insensible by means of ether, as by inhalation; as, to etherize a patient. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
etherize, v.tr. (also -ise) hist. treat or anaesthetize with ether.
Derivative
etherization n.
THESAURUS
etherize
KO, aerate, aerify, anesthetize, atomize, bedaze, benumb, besot, blunt, carbonate, chlorinate, chloroform, coldcock, deaden, desensitize, distill, dope, drug, dull, emit, etherify, evaporate, exhale, fluidize, fractionate, freeze, fume, fumigate, gasify, give off, hydrogenate, kayo, knock out, knock senseless, knock stiff, knock unconscious, lay out, narcotize, numb, obtund, oxygenate, palsy, paralyze, perfume, put to sleep, reek, send out, smoke, spray, steam, stun, stupefy, sublimate, sublime, vaporize, volatilize
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