as in sedative
something (as a drug) that relieves pain
after her oral surgery, she was given a prescription for a mild painkiller
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Recent Examples of painkiller
Rutherford alleged that Butler was selling large amounts of marijuana, prescription painkillers and steroids, as well as C-4 plastic explosive.
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Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 22 July 2025
Or that key medicines have come from ocean discoveries, like a painkiller found in a sea snail?
—Berly McCoy, NPR, 21 July 2025
The prescriptions included promethazine with codeine and oxycodone, a powerful opioid painkiller with a high risk of addiction and abuse, court documents show.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
That includes Donna’s to alcohol, Mikey’s to painkillers, Carmy’s to a self-flagellating notion of perfection and, perhaps, the modern TV audience’s to cortisol.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
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Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 22 July 2025
Or that key medicines have come from ocean discoveries, like a painkiller found in a sea snail?
—Berly McCoy, NPR, 21 July 2025
The prescriptions included promethazine with codeine and oxycodone, a powerful opioid painkiller with a high risk of addiction and abuse, court documents show.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
That includes Donna’s to alcohol, Mikey’s to painkillers, Carmy’s to a self-flagellating notion of perfection and, perhaps, the modern TV audience’s to cortisol.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for painkiller
Noun
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Fentanyl combined with a sedative are believed to have caused last week's mass overdose in Baltimore's Penn North neighborhood, federal scientists said.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
17 July 2025
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Clonazepam is a sedative used to treat seizures, panic disorder and anxiety.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Hospitals were able to replenish their supplies of antibiotics, sterile gauze, analgesics, and surgical equipment.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
19 July 2025
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This is a novel analgesic mechanism with no known risk of central nervous system side effects.—
Jahan Marcu,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2025
Noun
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Brunson’s video captured the kangaroo moving slowly on a hill by the highway moments after it was shot with a tranquilizer.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
30 Apr. 2025
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The sheriff said the kangaroo was shot twice with the tranquilizer before responders could get their hands on it.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Painkiller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/painkiller. Accessed 14 Aug. 2025.
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