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inject

 
/ɪnˈdʒekt/ v [T]

Definition

to use a needle to put a drug into a person’s body: The morphine took effect almost as soon as it was injected. If you inject something into an organization, conversation, or exchange, you add it: The contest was intended to inject some friendly competition into the proceedings.
(Definition of inject v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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