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Definition of Painkillers
1. painkiller [n] - See also: painkiller
Lexicographical Neighbors of Painkillers
Literary usage of Painkillers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Internet Pharmacies: Adding Disclosure Requirements Would Aid State and by Gloria E. Taylor (2001)
"... safety restrictions and addictive narcotic painkillers. Among the Internet
pharmacies from which we obtained drugs, 5 US and all 18 Canadian pharmacies ..."
2. Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow (2005)
"The painkillers weighted his arms and churned his guts, and at least twice an
hour, he'd grog his way into a better position, forgetting the tenderness in ..."
3. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1901)
"Man cannot imagine pain which he does not perceive, and he ^ therefore sometimes
calls anaesthetics, painkillers. Animals have.^3 always been supposed to ..."
4. The Future in America: A Search After Realities by Herbert George Wells (1907)
"And here I find them selling poisons as painkillers, and alcohol as tonics, and
fighting ably and boldly to silence adverse discussion. ..."
5. Growing Up Drug Free: A Parent's Guide to Prevention (1989)
"Other medical painkillers include codeine and morphine, both of which have been
determined safe for prescription use after rigorous testing and review by ..."