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   inject

   /ɪnˈdʒɛkt/

   verb

   • 1. introduce (a liquid, especially a drug or vaccine) into the body with a syringe: "the doctor injected a painkilling drug" Similar administerintroduceadminister a drug toinoculatevaccinateinformal:shootshoot upmainlinefix (up)pop
   • ▪ administer a drug or medicine by syringe to (a person or animal): "he was forcibly injected with a sedative" Similar administerintroduceadminister a drug toinoculatevaccinateinformal:shootshoot upmainlinefix (up)pop
   • ▪ inject oneself with a narcotic drug, especially habitually: "people who want to stop injecting" Similar administerintroduceadminister a drug toinoculatevaccinateinformal:shootshoot upmainlinefix (up)pop
   • 2. introduce (something) under pressure into a passage, cavity, or solid material: "inject the foam and allow it to expand" Similar insertintroduceplacepushforcedriveshootfeed
   • ▪ introduce or feed (a current, beam of particles, etc.) into a substance or device.
   • 3. introduce (a new or different element) into something: "she tried to inject scorn into her tone" Similar introduceinstilbring ininfuseimbueinculcatebreathe
   • ▪ imbue something with (a new element): "he injected his voice with a confidence he didn't feel" Similar introduceinstilbring ininfuseimbueinculcatebreathe
   • 4. place (a spacecraft or other object) into an orbit or trajectory: "many meteoroids are injected into hyperbolic orbits"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘throw or cast on something’): from Latin inject- ‘thrown in’, from the verb inicere, from in- ‘into’ + jacere ‘throw’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. injectable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 15

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