as in needle
a slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skin
the syringe the nurse was leveling at my arm looked to me to be at least 10 inches long
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Recent Examples of syringe
When Fisk later has Con Ed pull the plug on the whole damn city, in the first moments of mayhem Buck slips into Matt’s hospital room with a syringe, only to find the bed empty.
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 15 Apr. 2025
Water is injected with a syringe one droplet at a time, ensuring that every millimeter is accounted for.
—Uma Raja, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2025
Denver public health officials do not investigate where illicit substances come from, Vigil said, but work proactively through drug testing and sharing information, harm reduction (such as syringe disposals or naloxone) and treatment options with people who use drugs.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2025
With that money, the CDC funds several state and local HIV surveillance programs, including community outreach initiatives and syringe services.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 20 Mar. 2025
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 15 Apr. 2025
Water is injected with a syringe one droplet at a time, ensuring that every millimeter is accounted for.
—Uma Raja, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2025
Denver public health officials do not investigate where illicit substances come from, Vigil said, but work proactively through drug testing and sharing information, harm reduction (such as syringe disposals or naloxone) and treatment options with people who use drugs.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2025
With that money, the CDC funds several state and local HIV surveillance programs, including community outreach initiatives and syringe services.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for syringe
needle
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This involves molecular machinery that basically functions like a syringe, complete with a long needle that is poked into the cells of its victims.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2025
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Life outside the courtroom, however, is a bit more complicated, with Nash-Betts weeping in a hospital gown and Kardashian stabbing herself with a needle in a bathroom stall.—
Emlyn Travis Published,
EW.com,
13 May 2025
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“Syringe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syringe. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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