narcotize

verb

nar·co·tize | \ ˈnär-kə-ˌtīz

narcotized; narcotizing

Definition of narcotize

transitive verb

1a : to treat with or subject to a narcotic

b : to put into narcosis

2 : to soothe to unconsciousness or unawareness

intransitive verb

: to act as a narcotic

Examples of narcotize in a Sentence

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What would happen if Parker really turned on, tuned in and dropped out, and took his show to mind-expanding — not just narcotizing — heights? — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, "Tame Impala’s freak flag flies at half-staff at Anthem show," 25 Aug. 2019 Auto-Tune; hip-hop; and the nasal, narcotized, dispirited voices of SoundCloud rap compete with, and often out-stream, the kind of soulful vocal storytelling that would have had Ms. Aguilera flourishing in previous eras. — Jon Pareles, New York Times, "Christina Aguilera Exults in Her Voice on ‘Liberation’," 13 June 2018 He is perpetually narcotized, endlessly plaintive, borderline disoriented. — New York Times, "Post Malone and Rae Sremmurd, Hip-Hop Impressionists Shaping the Stream," 9 May 2018 Instead, waging a battle against evil has a narcotizing effect. — James Hamblin, The Atlantic, "The Impotence of Blaming 'Evil'," 2 Oct. 2017 This deeply autobiographical novel recounts growing up gay in rural France, where the men and women scuff and strain against economic morbidity, class invisibility and narcotizing boredom. — New York Times, "12 New Books We Recommend This Week," 25 May 2017 Both are set in decaying manufacturing towns — places where the men and women scuff and strain against economic morbidity, class invisibility and narcotizing boredom. — Jennifer Senior, New York Times, "‘The End of Eddy’ Captures a Savage Childhood and a Global Movement," 17 May 2017

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