Novocaine
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Novocaine, C13H21O2N2Cl, is the salt of the base procaine and hydrochloric acid.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
It was Novocaine or Xylocaine…one of the ‘caine brothers.”
From Forbes • Aug. 31, 2014
Like some sort of spiritual Novocaine, “2012″ numbs your face, and after the third “plane takes off as runway crumbles” scene, you actually find yourself wishing a nerve, somewhere, might inadvertently get hit.
From Salon • May 29, 2012
Amidst this newfound effervescence, Eels' 1996 debut single, Novocaine for the Soul, is an incongruous reminder that when he first emerged, Everett was widely perceived as a rival quirk-out auteur to Beck.
From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2011
Watching it produces a numbness that isn’t anything like grief, but more like the tingly approach of a Novocaine local.
From Washington Post
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