Thesaurus / sedative
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synonyms for sedative
- sleeping pill
- medication
- opiate
- narcotic
- dope
- drug
- hypnotic
- analgesic
- anodyne
- depressant
- downer
- tranquillizer
- barbiturate
- pacifier
- calmant
- calmative
- knockout pill
- nerve medicine
- pain pill
- pain-killer
- quietive
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You can tell them that the procedure is generally quick and, barring a pinch when the sedative is given, is pain-free.
HOW AT-HOME EUTHANASIA CAN PROVIDE COMFORT TO PETS AND OWNERSKATHRYN STREETERMAY 7, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHospitals in Brazil are reportedly running out of sedatives.
AS THE U.S. MOVES TOWARD POST-PANDEMIC LIFE, COVID-19 IS STILL DEVASTATING THE WORLD—ESPECIALLY INDIAJAMIE DUCHARMEAPRIL 26, 2021TIMEThey placed him in a chokehold and medical personnel who arrived later injected him with a heavy dose of a sedative.
THE VERDICT ON DEREK CHAUVIN: A NEW ENDING TO A FAMILIAR TALEMILTON COLEMANAPRIL 26, 2021TRUTHBETOLD.NEWSWomen threw themselves from the roof, shot themselves in the head, filled themselves with sedatives and hanged themselves from the curtain rods.
THE HOTEL THAT NURTURED AMBITIOUS WOMEN AND THEIR NEW YORK DREAMSMARY JO MURPHYMARCH 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThat could have been a sign of use of illegal fentanyl, a fast-acting sedative and powerful painkiller that produces feelings of euphoria.
AT THE HEART OF DEREK CHAUVIN’S TRIAL IS THIS QUESTION: WHAT KILLED GEORGE FLOYD?LENNY BERNSTEIN, HOLLY BAILEYMARCH 11, 2021WASHINGTON POSTYes, the majority of opioid deaths occur as a result of combining opioids with multiple sedatives.
I AM A HEROIN USER. I DO NOT HAVE A DRUG PROBLEM - ISSUE 96: REWIREDMARK MACNAMARAFEBRUARY 17, 2021NAUTILUSHis doctor remains haunted by the fact “that his last memories are of him staring up at my yellow space suit, struggling to breathe, drifting in and out of darkness as we gave him sedatives to put him to sleep.”
‘LIKE DROWNING IN SLOW MOTION’: LIFE ON THE GROUND AT ONE OF AMERICA’S HARDEST-HIT COVID-19 HOSPITALSMATTHEWHEIMERDECEMBER 1, 2020FORTUNEThe search for better sedatives and masks and pillows charges on, but our poor sleep habits, which contribute to a host of deadly ailments, suggest something profoundly amiss about the construction of modern life.
SIMON HAN’S ‘NIGHTS WHEN NOTHING HAPPENED’ IS A POIGNANT STUDY OF THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCERON CHARLESNOVEMBER 30, 2020WASHINGTON POSTGriffiths, who had been building up his street cred in psychopharmacology, instead rose to prominence studying people’s relationships to alcohol, cigarettes, and sedatives.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PSYCHEDELICS MAKE YOU SEE GODSARAH SCOLESNOVEMBER 9, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEDorian was glad to take the sedative that promised oblivion from vexing thoughts.
THEY LOOKED AND LOVEDMRS. ALEX MCVEIGH MILLERWORDS RELATED TO SEDATIVE
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