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narcotize

/nahr-kuh-tahyz/US // ˈnɑr kəˌtaɪz //UK // (ˈnɑːkəˌtaɪz) //

麻醉化,麻醉剂,麻醉,麻醉了

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    nar·co·tized, nar·co·tiz·ing.

    • : to subject to or treat with a narcotic; stupefy.
    • : to make dull; stupefy; deaden the awareness of: He had used liquor to narcotize his anxieties.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    nar·co·tized, nar·co·tiz·ing.

    • : to act as a narcotic: a remedy that does not heal but merely narcotizes.

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Examples

  • It is upon this very principle that the same amount of wine may stimulate at dinner, but narcotize when taken in the forenoon.

  • They fascinate even when they excite, and soothe and narcotize in the communication of their subtle power.

  • The instruction I gave him was in these words: "I want you to narcotize those women to within an inch of their lives."

  • A mystic beverage secretly used by our most popular novelists and poets to regulate the imagination and narcotize the conscience.