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May 20, 2012

deaden v.t.: narcotize

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Imagine being locked in a room with [Ontario’s Premier Mike Harris]. How long do you think you could stay awake? Five minutes? . . . Harris was helped by the narcotizing drone of his voice and the way he walked as though someone had shot novocaine into both shoulders. (Paul Wells, “Canada/Election 2000,” Time International, 11/20/2000, p. 64.)

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