relaxer
Americannoun
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a chemical product applied to curly hair to straighten it, or the treatment that consists of applying this product.
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a person or thing that relaxes, especially a prescription drug that causes tense or spasmed muscles to relax.
noun
Example Sentences
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The company also had to recall more than 135,000 vials of vecuronium bromide, a muscle relaxer used during surgery, after reports that the medication contained glass particles.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2025
The put-downs were so merciless that she got her first “kiddie perm,” but the chemical relaxer made her hair fall out.
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022
Over this wallpaper, Bey used gallons of relaxer to spell out the words “PICKY HEAD” — Caribbean slang for someone with unkempt hair — in large white capital letters.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2021
But these were like badges of honour, testimony to the fact that the relaxer had taken.
From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2019
“Ouch. Careful. I have a bit of relaxer burn.”
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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