painkilling
3.4
That reduces physical pain, often by using medicine
- adjective
- /ˈpeɪnˌkɪlɪŋ/
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analgésico
- The doctor prescribed a painkilling medication to help with my recovery after surgery.
Now, morphine is one of the most powerful painkilling drugs ever created.
- Now, morphine is one of the most powerful painkilling drugs ever created.
Examples
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After the injury, he took a painkilling drug to relieve his discomfort.
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The hospital provided painkilling treatments for patients suffering from chronic pain.
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It's like painkilling and algesia, natural ones, very strong inside of us.
Synonyms
soothing
vspainkilling
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2.9
That makes pain or worry feel less strong
reduces physical pain with a stronger emphasis on medical treatment
2
6.2
Able to reduce pain
is relief of physical pain often expressed as medical treatment
8.3
Making pain feel less strong
focuses on relieving physical pain especially by medication
7.7
To make pain, suffering, or difficulty less
targets physical pain more narrowly often through medicines
How Painkilling
Surface Forms
painkilling positive
Morphology
Etymology
Painkilling comes from the two words pain and killing, literally 'killing the pain'. So it means something, like a medicine, that 'stops' or 'reduces' physical pain.