as in sedative
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Recent Examples of relaxant
Ashwagandha comes with natural relaxant properties to calm down your mind and recharge your brain.
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Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2023
Perhaps most interesting is its airway relaxant potential in the treatment of asthma [2].
—Alice Chi Phung, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2014
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Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2023
Perhaps most interesting is its airway relaxant potential in the treatment of asthma [2].
—Alice Chi Phung, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2014
See All Example Sentences for relaxant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relaxant
Adjective
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In any case, chamomile flowers—which look like adorable, tiny daisies—contain flavonoids, terpenoids, and coumarins which certainly have mildly sedative, anti-inflammatory, and antispasmodic properties.—
Valentina Bottoni,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2024
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The population is impatient and the sedative effect of the impeachment process will soon wear off, which could mean new protests and instability if there are no significant changes in the short term.—
Moisés Costa,
Foreign Affairs,
16 May 2016
Adjective
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Saxon at first resists the narcotic temptation, much like his father did, but soon gives into peer pressure (…much like his father did too, to woeful results).—
Dan Heching,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
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Indeed, much was transformative about the narcotic farms model.—
TIME,
TIME,
10 Feb. 2025
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In the Portland area, health officials said 56% of cases were among people experiencing homelessness and 55% of cases reported methamphetamine and/or opiate usage.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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Notably, this opiate pathway was not activated in the rodents' brains when they were given additional regular or fatty food, rather than sugar; and when the pathway was blocked, full mice seemed to lose their metaphorical dessert stomachs and did not eat extra sugar.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Over the course of two-and-a-half hours, a caravan of singers, musician and actors — some associated with her, some not necessarily — sang and read Smith’s words, an ongoing testament to the still hypnotic grip of her songs and poems.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
27 Mar. 2025
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In keeping with the hypnotic, spirited vibe of all Half Magic goodies (the brand is the brainchild of Euphoria head makeup artist Donni Davy, so duh), the Magic Flik Eyeliner breaks the mold with a unique, flexible paddle tip.—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Relaxant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relaxant. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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