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Recent Examples of depressant
The drink is known for its mild euphoria and depressant effects.
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Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
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Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for depressant
Adjective
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The state appears to now use two doses of the sedative pentobarbital, with the attorneys saying the inmates drown in a rush of fluid into their lungs but are paralyzed and cannot react.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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Nitrous oxide is commonly used as an inhaled sedative tool in medical procedures, the Cleveland Clinic explains.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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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
Adjective
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The plan, according to court documents, was for the woman to meet the employee to give him Suboxone strips, which are used to treat people in early recovery from opiate addiction, along with money.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
17 Sep. 2025
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Both have been charged with first-degree murder, three counts of possession of opiate, opium, narcotic, or certain stimulant, and possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The bombers could be used to knock out narcotic production and distribution facilities.—
Emily Goodin,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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He was driven by the ambition to design the most potent narcotic analgesic possible.—
Jahan Marcu,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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But as the microbes spread across the screen, the visual becomes almost hypnotic—and, as Peck recently told me, akin to how dictators overwhelm people’s abilities to determine fact from fiction.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
21 Oct. 2025
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Its Mudéjar architecture, a hypnotic blend of Islamic artistry and Christian tradition, never fails to captivate travelers.—
Nigel Hack,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Oct. 2025
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The YouTube search results have warped into an apparent AI breeding ground, crammed with hourlong mixes full of soporific dreck.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
2 July 2025
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Prince Valiant Much of Spaceballs' plot kicks off when Daphne Zuniga's Princess Vespa runs away from her soporific betrothed, Prince Valium (the mighty Jim J. Bullock), at the altar.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
14 June 2025
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“Depressant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depressant. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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