cocktailing
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈkɒk.teɪl.ɪŋ/
- NSFW
- During the experiment, he carefully mixed a cocktail of enzymes to observe the resulting chemical interactions.
Examples
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Did you know that the glass of water you drank this morning may have been laced with a toxic cocktail of what's known as forever chemicals?
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And that cocktail that he used was very, very efficient at killing HIV.
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So you give cocktails of of drugs as opposed to single drugs.
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You know, whatever he had was magnified by the drug cocktails that he did.
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In other words, he made himself a cocktail of the Vibrio colorei and drank it.
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They brought a cocktail of three phages, one of which they found on a rotting eggplant from South Africa.
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Like it's just a, a, a really lethal cocktail of neglect, malice and incompetence, like all sort of swirled together.
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In medical trials, researchers often use a cocktail of different drugs to enhance treatment effectiveness.
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The scientist created a cocktail of chemical compounds to test their reaction under various conditions.
Synonyms
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1.8
Putting different things together so they become one
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2.7
Mixing different things together until they form an even mixture
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5.5
Putting two or more things together to make one new thing
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7.0
Different things joined together to make one thing
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4.6
To give two or more medicines at the same time
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9.7
Putting different things together to make one thing
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4.2
A way of combining ingredients before the main cooking or baking step
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Etymology
Cocktailing comes from cocktail, which means a 'mixture'. A helpful way to remember the medical or drug sense is to think of 'mixing' several substances together, so cocktailing means combining drugs or chemicals to produce a combined effect.