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Nembutal

American  
[nem-byuh-tawl, -tal] / ˈnɛm byəˌtɔl, -ˌtæl /
Pharmacology, Trademark.
  1. a brand of pentobarbital.


Nembutal British  
/ ˈnɛmbjʊˌtɑːl /

noun

  1. a trademark for pentobarbital sodium

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Example Sentences

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It looked like a Nuremberg rally on Nembutal.

From Salon

Later, he added Nembutal and Demerol to the mix, alternating downers to numb himself with uppers so he could perform.

From Washington Post

It would fall to Methfessel, as well, to administer the twenty Nembutal that Bishop planned to store away in the event of an incapacitating accident, stroke, or terminal cancer.

From The New Yorker

“I’m not suggesting we give out Nembutal to 20-year-olds,” he said.

From The Guardian

“It seems quixotic today, with jet airplanes and overdoses of Nembutal, that a man would go through a war for something so insignificant as his state.”

From Literature