Collocations for anaesthetic - noun

general, local

administer, give sb, inject
He was given a general anaesthetic.
A local anaesthetic is injected in an area over your lower spine.

use
The operation was completed in ten minutes using only local anaesthetic.

have
She had a local anaesthetic to stop the pain.

come around from, come round from (BrE), recover from

take effect, work
The anaesthetic began to take effect.

wear off

under (an/the) anaesthetic
It would have to be done under anaesthetic.

without (an/the) anaesthetic
They had to operate without anaesthetic.