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Recent Examples of Synonyms for depressant
Adjective
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Saltz: Lorazepam is in the class of medications called benzodiazepines, which is a depressant, and also sometimes referred to as a sedative hypnotic medication.—
Ben Tinker,
CNN Money,
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In any case, chamomile flowers—which look like adorable, tiny daisies—contain flavonoids, terpenoids, and coumarins which certainly have mildly sedative, anti-inflammatory, and antispasmodic properties.—
Valentina Bottoni,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Ashwagandha comes with natural relaxant properties to calm down your mind and recharge your brain.—
Discover Magazine,
Discover Magazine,
29 Apr. 2023
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Perhaps most interesting is its airway relaxant potential in the treatment of asthma [2].—
Alice Chi Phung,
Discover Magazine,
24 June 2014
Adjective
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Ventura readily admitted to a serious opiate addiction and feeling jealousy, especially early on, over Combs’ relationships with other women, including the mother of three his children, Kim Porter.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
16 May 2025
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Thousands of inmates wrongly tested positive for opiate use inside California state prisons last year because of a laboratory mistake, and civil rights attorneys now worry many of them could be denied parole and a chance at freedom because of it.—
Salvador Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Sailing through international waters, the boat's behavior raised alarms about narcotic trafficking, according to the Coast Guard, which sent a small cutter to intercept it and ultimately found the contraband on board.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2025
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Arthur Boyd, 57, pleaded guilty in February to dealing in a narcotic drug.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Shot in the Colombian desert, this new film is nothing short of hypnotic.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
14 May 2025
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In the room with us in Valencia, the dolls eyes’ are hypnotic, carrying a trace of malevolence.—
Joshua Rothkopf,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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Traveling to Hydra is normally a relaxing, almost soporific affair.—
Tony Perrottet,
Travel + Leisure,
13 May 2025
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Rather than aiming for the unique, which might pierce our haze of distraction, art has succumbed to marketable generalities: stock music on Spotify, soporific streams of Netflix content.—
Namwali Serpell,
The New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Depressant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depressant. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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