Definition of
put_to_sleep has definitions from the fields of pharmacology,surgery
1
[ verb ] help someone go to bed

Examples

"Mother put the baby to sleep"

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"

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"

Related terms

bring_to drug etherize freeze chloroform block cocainize anesthetic sleep

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