KO, abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, bedaze, benumb, besot, blunt, chloroform, coldcock, cushion, deaden, deaden the pain, desensitize, diminish, dope, drug, dull, ease, ease matters, entrance, etherize, foment, freeze, give relief, hypnotize, kayo, knock out, knock senseless, knock stiff, knock unconscious, lay, lay out, lessen, lull, lull to sleep, magnetize, mesmerize, mitigate, mollify, narcotize, numb, obtund, pad, palliate, palsy, paralyze, poultice, pour balm into, pour oil on, put to sleep, put under, reduce, relieve, rock to sleep, salve, sedate, slacken, slake, soften, soothe, stun, stupe, stupefy, subdue, trance