| Verb | 1. | anesthetize - make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"chloroform - anesthetize with chloroform; "Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them" drug, dose - administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist" block - interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia; "block a nerve"; "block a muscle" | |