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Inject
//ɪnˈd͡ʒɛkt// verb
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Verb
- 1 To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage. transitive
"The nurse injected a painkilling drug into the veins of my forearm."
- 2 give an injection to wordnet
- 3 To introduce (something) suddenly or violently. transitive
"Punk injected a much-needed sense of urgency into the British music scene."
- 4 to introduce (a new aspect or element) wordnet
- 5 To administer an injection to (someone or something), especially of medicine or drugs. transitive
"Now lie back while we inject you with the anesthetic."
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- 6 to insert between other elements wordnet
- 7 To take or be administered something by means of injection, especially medicine or drugs. intransitive
"It's been a week since I stopped injecting, and I'm still in withdrawal."
- 8 feed intravenously wordnet
- 9 To introduce (code) into an existing program or its memory space, often without tight integration and sometimes through a security vulnerability. transitive
"Yes, you'll have to use CreateRemoteThread to "inject code" if you want information like the current directory of a process (at least on NT 3.5x)."
- 10 take by injection wordnet
- 11 To cast or throw; used with on. obsolete, transitive
"And mound inject on mound."
- 12 force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing wordnet
- 13 To introduce or add (something that is different or foreign). transitive
"inject something into orbit"
Etymology
From Latin iniectus, injectus, participle of iniciō, injiciō (“I throw in”), from in- + iaciō (“I throw”).
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