painkiller
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- noun
- /ˈpeɪnˌkɪlər/
- She took a painkiller to relieve her headache before the meeting.
- take painkillers
- use painkillers
- prescription painkillers
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- This is the most powerful painkiller to ever have been created.
- I was prescribed muscle relaxants, no painkillers, nothing, just muscle relaxants.
- I took a pretty powerful painkiller one time.
- That's when the meds and like strong painkillers don't even touch it.
- You've seen him physically put painkillers in your nanny's mouth.
- And so I was taking painkillers, but it was agony.
- Then I would soon find out that there are painkillers that ease, that calm down.
- Here's where you can get his painkillers, the prescription.
- It's it's a very powerful, you know, painkiller.
- So now he's having to have this work done without the painkillers.
- Maybe I'll take some painkillers, you know, start getting sinus headaches and stuff like that.
- Back problems led to use of painkillers.
- So there was a lot of over prescription, I think, of painkillers.
- But my brain would never feel that discomfort changing if I took painkillers.
- I took some, you know, over the counter painkillers, but of course they didn't do an awful lot.
Examples
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In addition to my father's treatment, it contains a painkiller you'll need for the next seven days.
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The team medic had administered a painkiller, and the soldier was only semiconscious.
Fiction book (1990) -
I took a pretty powerful painkiller one time.
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This is the most powerful painkiller to ever have been created.
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What kind of painkillers was this man on?
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I'll give you a course of painkillers and a two week sick note.
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For example, a single, large dose of painkillers can cause your breathing to slow to dangerous levels.
Academic text (2010) -
So I'm going to give you a painkiller that's going to make the pain go away, but it's not going to fundamentally fix your problem.
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So, uh, the doctor had to give Stacy some painkillers, so no visitors till tomorrow.
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And then I had a skiing injury a couple months later and I was prescribed painkillers or whatnot.
Synonyms
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1.9
A medicine or chemical that treats illness and sometimes changes how someone feels
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6.6
A strong drug used for severe pain that can make a person numb and cause addiction
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4.9
A very strong pain medicine for severe pain that can cause addiction
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3.4
A medicine or treatment that treats illness and reduces pain
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6.8
A brand name for a prescription pain medicine containing hydrocodone and acetaminophen for strong pain
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3.2
A medicine that eases pain, reduces swelling, and lowers fever
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5.1
A drug that eases pain by acting on the body's pain system and can cause addiction
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1.1
A tablet you take to make body pain less
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6.1
A strong pain medicine a doctor gives to relieve moderate to severe pain
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4.1
A common pain medicine that reduces fever but not swelling
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3.7
Something that makes pain or worry less
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A medicine that reduces pain without putting you to sleep
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A strong prescription medicine for pain that can also reduce coughing
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A medicine a doctor prescribes to reduce moderate to strong pain after surgery or injury
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3.3
A substance used to treat, prevent, or reduce symptoms of illness
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8.5
A strong prescription pain medicine made from oxycodone and acetaminophen
A medicine that relieves pain
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Etymology
Painkiller is made from the words pain and kill, so it literally means 'to kill pain'. That's why a painkiller is a medicine that stops or reduces pain.