put_to_sleep | ||
1. | [ verb ] help someone go to bed | |
Examples: | "Mother put the baby to sleep" |
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Related terms: | put | |
2. | [ verb ] kill gently, as with an injection | |
Synonyms: | put_away | |
Examples: | "the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep" |
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Related terms: | kill | |
3. | [ verb ] (pharmacology,surgery) make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs | |
Synonyms: | anaesthetize put_under put_out anaesthetise anesthetise anesthetize | |
Examples: | "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation" |
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Related terms: | bring_to drug etherize freeze chloroform block cocainize anesthetic sleep | |