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
According to an affidavit obtained by PEOPLE, Arielle alleges her husband repeatedly struck her in the head with a rock, bashed her face into the ground and tried to inject her with a syringe after attempting to throw her off a cliff at the Pali Lookout, which is 1,200 feet high.
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The city has programs in place that pass out clean needles, with a syringe access program operating seven days a week.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 6 May 2025
Restylane is currently $650 per syringe at Well Medical Arts.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Medical bottles and syringe are seen with Novo Nordisk logo displayed on a screen in the background.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2025
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The city has programs in place that pass out clean needles, with a syringe access program operating seven days a week.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 6 May 2025
Restylane is currently $650 per syringe at Well Medical Arts.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Medical bottles and syringe are seen with Novo Nordisk logo displayed on a screen in the background.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for syringe
needle
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The starkness of Huyler’s writing needles into an essential loneliness of medical practice.—
Danielle Ofri,
New Yorker,
7 June 2025
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The efforts for the attention of Emmy voters is as fierce as ever, but does any of this stuff move the needle?—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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“Syringe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syringe. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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