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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
narcotize .
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Examples
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It seems that Uribe has pierced the secret of Chavez, why Chavez avoids like the plague any serious press conference of the type that democratic leaders of the world must submit, where real answers are expected and not some tall tale that Chavez delivers until he narcotizes the audience and even the journalists.
The expansion of Chavez Empire has started: will someone stop him? 2007
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The torpedo narcotizes the creatures that it wants to catch, overpowering them by the power of shock that is resident in its body, and feeds upon them; it also hides in the sand and mud, and catches all the creatures that swim in its way and come under its narcotizing influence.
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It narcotizes him; Richard gets lost in channel switching or fantasizing about the show, depending on his mood.
Living with the Passive—Aggressive Man Ph.D. Scott Wetzler 1992
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It narcotizes him; Richard gets lost in channel switching or fantasizing about the show, depending on his mood.
Living with the Passive—Aggressive Man Ph.D. Scott Wetzler 1992
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When the laborious worker, overcome with fatigue, "rouses" himself with alcohol, coffee, tea, or any other agent which may chance to suit him, he does not add a unit of force to his stock of energy; he simply narcotizes the sense of weariness, and, the guard being drugged, he appropriates the reserve ....
Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Joel Dorman Steele
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Still another narcotizes him with opium, belladonna, and chloral.
Plain Facts for Old and Young John Harvey Kellogg 1897
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Still another narcotizes him with opium, belladonna, and chloral.
Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877
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Alcohol hardens solid tissue, thickens the blood, narcotizes the nerves, and in every conceivable direction antagonizes the operation and function of water -- LEES.]
Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Joel Dorman Steele
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