as in needle
a slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skin
doesn't mind getting shots as long as he doesn't catch sight of the hypodermic needle
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Recent Examples of hypodermic needle
Other Nixon advertisements showed images of urban riots, street crime and student protesters alongside pictures of rifles, switchblades and hypodermic needles.
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Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
Investigators found hypodermic needles and drug paraphernalia in the same room where most of the dogs were found.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 Nov. 2024
Earlier last week, Miller was arrested after a traffic stop reportedly discovered crystal methamphetamine in both rock form and liquefied into a hypodermic needle inside his vehicle.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2024
For instance, a doctor could insert a fiber probe into a blood vessel using a hypodermic needle.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2014
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Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
Investigators found hypodermic needles and drug paraphernalia in the same room where most of the dogs were found.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 Nov. 2024
Earlier last week, Miller was arrested after a traffic stop reportedly discovered crystal methamphetamine in both rock form and liquefied into a hypodermic needle inside his vehicle.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2024
For instance, a doctor could insert a fiber probe into a blood vessel using a hypodermic needle.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2014
See All Example Sentences for hypodermic needle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypodermic needle
Noun
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They were pinched, prodded, cut, shocked, pierced with needles, struck with canes, and burned with acid.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Other sufferers, however, who submitted entries to the 1983 Migraine Art Competition, depicted their pain in drawings and paintings of nails, needles, axes, ice picks, arrows, bolts, jaws, chisels, shivs, guns, red-hot spears, sledgehammers, devils, and long pins.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Indiana's syringe exchange law survives the House, but with several conditions.—
Joe Mutascio,
IndyStar,
19 Feb. 2026
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Greene also recalled one incident where a syringe was placed in her mailbox with a death threat.—
Jacob Rosen,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Hypodermic needle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypodermic%20needle. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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