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Breathalyzer

[ breth-uh-lahy-zer ]

/ ˈbrɛθ əˌlaɪ zər /

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a brand of breath analyzer.

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Words nearby Breathalyzer

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How to use Breathalyzer in a sentence

A former policeman in Canada has created a weed breathalyzer to prevent “drugging and driving.”
Is Canada’s Pot Breathalyzer Headed South?|Charlotte Lytton|June 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She failed several field sobriety tests and a breathalyzer put her blood alcohol level at .11.
The Tragic Decline of Mary Kennedy, Found Dead in Apparent Suicide|Michael Daly|May 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The source says a breathalyzer test measured 1.01mg of alcohol per liter of breath Galliano exhaled.
John Galliano Suspended by Dior for Alleged Anti-Semitic Rant|Tracy McNicoll|February 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST
I was put in Central Lockup, given a breathalyzer test which I passed, but I spent the night in jail anyway.
Andrew Breitbart, Mad As Hell|Lloyd Grove|February 1, 2010|DAILY BEAST

But his license was suspended because he declined a Breathalyzer test.
Shia LaBeouf's Wild World|Kim Masters|June 22, 2009|DAILY BEAST