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sedatives

sedatives is the plural of sedative.

Meaning of sedative

Noun

sedative (plural sedatives)

  1. An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep.
    • Michael Jackson probably died after he rapidly injected himself with a dose of the surgical anesthetic propofol on top of a large dose of sedatives he swallowed when Dr. Conrad Murray was away, the defense’s propofol expert testified Friday. […] White also concluded that Jackson swallowed a large...2011 October 28, Alan Duke, “Michael Jackson gave himself fatal overdose, expert says”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2016

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Questions about sedatives

What is sedatives the plural of?
Sedatives is the plural of sedative.

Words near sedatives in the dictionary

  1. sedationist
  2. sedationists
  3. sedations
  4. sedative
  5. sedative salt
  6. sedatives
  7. sedaxane
  8. sedazine
  9. Sedbergh
  10. Sedberry
  11. Sedberrys

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