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    in·ject
    [inˈjek(t)]
    verb
    inject (verb) · injects (third person present) · injected (past tense) · injected (past participle) · injecting (present participle)
    1. drive or force (a liquid, especially a drug or vaccine) into a person or animal's body with a syringe or similar device:
      "the doctor injected a painkilling drug"
      • administer a drug or medicine by syringe to (a person or animal):
        "he injected himself with a drug overdose"
      • inject oneself with a narcotic drug, especially habitually:
        "people who want to stop injecting"
    2. introduce (something) into a passage, cavity, or solid material under pressure:
      "inject the foam and allow it to expand"
      • physics
        introduce or feed (a current, beam of particles, etc.) into a substance or device.
    3. introduce (a new or different element) into something, especially as a boost or interruption:
      "she tried to inject scorn into her tone"
      • (inject something with)
        imbue something with (a new element):
        "he injected his voice with a confidence he didn't feel"
    4. place (a spacecraft or other object) into an orbit or trajectory:
      "many meteoroids are injected into hyperbolic orbits"
    Origin
    late 16th century (in the sense ‘throw or cast on something’): from Latin inject- ‘thrown in’, from the verb inicere, from in- ‘into’ + jacere ‘throw’.
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    verb
    1. drive or force (a liquid, especially a drug or vaccine) into a person or animal's body with a syringe or similar device:
      administer
      introduce
      inoculate
      vaccinate
      shoot
      shoot up
      mainline
      pop
      administer a drug to
      fix (up)
    2. introduce (something) into a passage, cavity, or solid material under pressure:
      insert
      introduce
      place
      push
      force
      drive
      shoot
      feed
      • introduce (a new or different element) into something, especially as a boost or interruption:
        introduce
        instil
        bring in
        infuse
        imbue
        inculcate
        breathe
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