# inject

Pronunciation: US say "in-JEKT" /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛkt/; UK

## Verb

1. To administer a dose of medicine or drugs to someone or something using a needle and syringe.
   - Simple: To give medicine or drugs to a person or animal using a needle.
   - _The doctor injected the child with a vaccine during the visit._
   - _Paramedics inject patients with adrenaline to counter severe allergic reactions._
2. To force a substance, especially a fluid, into a hollow space or channel under pressure, as by pumping.
   - Simple: To push or pump a liquid into a space or opening.
   - _Workers injected concrete into the gaps beneath the sinking foundation._
   - _Engineers inject steam into the reservoir to force the trapped oil upward._
3. To introduce or add something different or foreign into something else.
   - Simple: To add something new or different into a thing.
   - _The new director injected a sense of urgency into the failing department._
   - _Skilled negotiators inject doubt into the other side's confidence._
4. To introduce something suddenly or with force.
   - Simple: To bring something in suddenly and with force.
   - _The breaking news injected alarm into the trading floor within seconds._
   - _One careless remark can inject tension into an entire room._
5. To take or be administered something, especially medicine or drugs, by means of an injection.
   - Simple: To put medicine or drugs into the body with a needle.
   - _Patients learn to inject safely before they are discharged from the clinic._
   - _She had been injecting daily to manage her condition._
6. To introduce code into an existing program or its memory, often loosely connected and sometimes through a security weakness.
   - Simple: To put extra computer code into a program, often to break into it.
   - _Attackers inject malicious code into programs that fail to check their input._
   - _The worm injected its payload into the running process._

## Verb

7. To cast or throw something, used with the preposition on. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To throw or cast something onto a person or thing.

## Origin

From Latin iniectus (also injectus), the participle of iniciō/injiciō ("I throw in"), formed from in- plus iaciō ("I throw").

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