1. administering anesthesia to make someone unable to feel pain during medical procedures
Usage: medical
2. making someone or something numb or insensitive to feeling

Examples

• The doctor is anesthetizing the patient before surgery.
• The dentist began anesthetizing my gum before the procedure.
• Cold weather was anesthetizing my fingers.
• The medication has an anesthetizing effect on nerve pain.
• They are anesthetizing the area around the wound.
• The spray works by anesthetizing the throat temporarily.