painkiller
noun
pain·kill·er
ˈpān-ˌki-lər 
variants
or less commonly pain-killer
: something (such as a drug) that relieves pain
Examples of painkiller in a Sentence
I took some over-the-counter painkillers for my headache.
after her oral surgery, she was given a prescription for a mild painkiller
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The Sackler family was behind pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma, when it was revealed that their money came from creating and misleadingly marketing a painkiller that set off the opioid crisis.
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Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
One group had not been held accountable — until a recent New York Times investigation exposed how Big Pharma incentivized pharmacy benefit managers not to restrict painkiller prescriptions.
—Theara Coleman, theweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Throughout, there’s a empathetic understanding of actual showbiz hazards: Homer becomes addicted to painkillers, Marge blows a lot of the family fortune on bad investments, and Lisa eventually pens a tell-all titled Where Are My Residuals?
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—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
Benoit Tessier | Reuters McKinsey & Company agreed to pay $650 million in a deferred prosecution agreement that will resolve a federal criminal probe into the company’s consulting work advising Purdue Pharma on how to increase sales of its opioid painkiller OxyContin, a court filing said Friday.
—Kevin Breuninger,dan Mangan, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
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Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
One group had not been held accountable — until a recent New York Times investigation exposed how Big Pharma incentivized pharmacy benefit managers not to restrict painkiller prescriptions.
—Theara Coleman, theweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Throughout, there’s a empathetic understanding of actual showbiz hazards: Homer becomes addicted to painkillers, Marge blows a lot of the family fortune on bad investments, and Lisa eventually pens a tell-all titled Where Are My Residuals?
11.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
Benoit Tessier | Reuters McKinsey & Company agreed to pay $650 million in a deferred prosecution agreement that will resolve a federal criminal probe into the company’s consulting work advising Purdue Pharma on how to increase sales of its opioid painkiller OxyContin, a court filing said Friday.
—Kevin Breuninger,dan Mangan, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Painkiller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/painkiller. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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