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| 1. | [ verb ] (medicine) give an injection to | |
| Synonyms: | shoot | |
| Examples: | "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein" |
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| Related terms: | administer immunize infuse medicine | |
| 2. | [ verb ] to introduce (a new aspect or element) | |
| Examples: | "He injected new life into the performance" |
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| Related terms: | add | |
| 3. | [ verb ] (food) feed intravenously | |
| Related terms: | feed | |
| 4. | [ verb ] take by injection | |
| Examples: | "inject heroin" |
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| Related terms: | drug mainline pop pop injection | |
| 5. | [ verb ] force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing | |
| Synonyms: | shoot | |
| Examples: | "inject hydrogen into the balloon" |
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| Related terms: | insert | |
| 6. | [ verb ] to insert between other elements | |
| Synonyms: | interject come_in interpose throw_in put_in | |
| Examples: | : "She interjected clever remarks." |
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| Related terms: | interrupt interjection interposition | |
| Similar spelling: |
injector insect injection injectant Insecta inexact insectan ingest inexactly incest in_secret ingesta in-joke ingested ingestion |
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