anesthetized

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Recent Examples of anesthetized The lyrics have the same anesthetized ennui as in emo rap and the new wave of online rock, but the beats are menacingly new and dead-set on defacing your consciousness. Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 17 Dec. 2025 The former’s video-game fanfare is a set piece for beef, and the latter’s soulfulness arrives shackled to anesthetized sighs. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025 After an anesthetized cockroach is secured on the platform, a motor slides that rig into position, and a computer vision system assesses the insect's body size and position. New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2025 Lamb and Smit approach with their gear and check vitals, then begin measuring, sampling and hoisting the grizzly’s anesthetized body into the air in a sling winched to a tree. Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025 The responses from the rodent rescuers in aiding anesthetized peers ranged from gentle sniffing and grooming to more forceful actions such as mouth or tongue biting, eventually escalating to pulling the tongue out of the unconscious mouse to clear the airway. Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025 Require consent to perform an intimate examination on an anesthetized or unconscious patient, except under limited circumstances, according to an amendment to the bill. Max Filby, The Enquirer, 20 Dec. 2024 Kwong’s secretary complained more than a decade ago that her boss would remark on the grooming of anesthetized patients’ pubic hair, The Times previously reported. Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024 As of 2021, 14 states had rules protecting against non-consensual exams of anesthetized patients, according to a study published in January 2022 in the journal Annals of Surgery Open. Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 1 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anesthetized
Adjective
  • As punishment for abandoning her mother, Trisha is forcibly drugged and taken back to the Van Ness home.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
  • In fact, Dan (Penn Badgley) is the sole believer in the story that Serena was drugged.
    Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • The boy is stupefied, snot intermingling with the puke dripping from his mouth to his navel.
    Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Sip a chilled glass of rosé at the water's edge on the terrace of the Welcome Hotel and watch the world go by.
    Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2025
  • How To Use Pie Weights To use pie weights properly, line a chilled crust with parchment paper or foil, then fill at least 2/3 of the way up with weights.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2025

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“Anesthetized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anesthetized. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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